Skills
42 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Optional knowledge
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Optional skills / competences
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Overview
Activity leaders organise recreation for adults and children, such as games, sport competitions, cycling tours, shows and museum visits during holidays or leisure programmes.
In job descriptions, look for activity planning, group safety, outdoor routes, games, visitor flows, event budgets, promotion, children’s wellbeing and cooperation with colleagues.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Activity leaders work in holiday, leisure, camp or visitor settings where a programme has to run safely and feel welcoming. The work can move between children’s games, outdoor routes, sports sessions, shows, museum visits, budget checks and coordination with other staff.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include planning youth activities, managing groups outdoors, assessing outdoor risks, demonstrating games, adapting to weather or visitor flow, promoting recreation activities and communicating clearly with children, families and colleagues.
Salary context
Salary context depends on season length, group size, evening or weekend work, responsibility for children, outdoor safety, event budgets, language needs and whether the role includes programme coordination. This guide does not provide salary amounts.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward camp coordination, visitor programme planning, recreation management, youth work, outdoor guiding, event coordination or supervisory roles for activity teams.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies name the age groups, activity types, outdoor routes, safety duties, budget responsibility, promotion work and schedule pattern. These details show whether the job is mainly entertainment, group leadership or programme planning.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Occupation group
Fitness and recreation instructors and program leaders (3423)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/234be692-befb-41df-bdf0-e1b2f4eaf5e7 |
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| ESCO code | 3423.1 |
| ISCO group | 3423 |
| Concept type | Occupation |