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Recreation Workers

$31.68K Median Salary 64.6K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 16.3% Job Growth

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About This Career

Conduct recreation activities with groups in public, private, or volunteer agencies or recreation facilities. Organize and promote activities, such as arts and crafts, sports, games, music, dramatics, social recreation, camping, and hobbies, taking into account the needs and interests of individual members.

Reported Job Titles

Activities Assistant, Activities Director, Activity Aide, Activity Assistant, Activity Coordinator, Activity Director, Recreation Assistant, Recreation Coordinator, Recreation Supervisor

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Speech Clarity

Near Vision

Problem Sensitivity

Speech Recognition

Written Comprehension

Deductive Reasoning

Category Flexibility

Far Vision

Fluency of Ideas

Information Ordering

Originality

Written Expression

Inductive Reasoning

Selective Attention

Time Sharing

Knowledge

English Language

Public Safety and Security

Customer and Personal Service

Education and Training

Law and Government

Administrative

Psychology

Computers and Electronics

Mathematics

Skills

Active Listening

Coordination

Service Orientation

Social Perceptiveness

Speaking

Instructing

Monitoring

Critical Thinking

Time Management

Active Learning

Complex Problem Solving

Learning Strategies

Management of Personnel Resources

Persuasion

Reading Comprehension

Writing

Judgment and Decision Making

Negotiation

Technology Skills

Office suite software

Computer based training software

Data base user interface and query software

Spreadsheet software

Electronic mail software

Desktop publishing software

Video creation and editing software

Operating system software

Word processing software

Instant messaging software

Internet browser software

Presentation software

Calendar and scheduling software

Charting software

Tools

Mobile medical services first aid kits

Sport scoreboards

Braille devices for the physically challenged

Cash registers

Minivans or vans

Dry erase boards or accessories

Pocket calculator

Laser fax machine

Wheelchairs

Two way radios

Microphones

Photocopiers

Ladders

Mobile phones

Calendars

Desktop computers

Informational signs

Abilities

Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Time Sharing: The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).

Knowledge

English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Psychology: Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Skills

Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

Technology Skills

Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Computer based training software: BrainTrain IVA+Plus; Language arts educational software; Math educational software
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Desktop publishing software: Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign; Microsoft Publisher
Video creation and editing software: YouTube
Operating system software: Microsoft Windows
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Instant messaging software: GroupMe
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Calendar and scheduling software: Appointment scheduling software
Charting software: Aeronautical charts

Tools

Mobile medical services first aid kits: Emergency first aid kits
Sport scoreboards: Electronic display boards
Braille devices for the physically challenged: Braille writers
Cash registers: Computerized cash registers
Minivans or vans: Work vans
Dry erase boards or accessories: Whiteboards
Pocket calculator: Handheld calculators
Laser fax machine: Laser facsimile machines
Wheelchairs:
Two way radios:
Microphones: Handheld microphones; Studio microphones; Wireless microphones
Photocopiers: Photocopying equipment
Ladders: Extension ladders
Mobile phones:
Calendars:
Desktop computers:
Informational signs:

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