Recreation Workers
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.
Also called: Activities Director, Activity Aide, Activity Director, Recreation Supervisor
Knowledge:
- public safety and security
- law and government
- customer service
- administrative services
- teaching and course design
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- looking for ways to help people
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
- do two or more things at the same time
- pay attention to something without being distracted
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need
- Self Control
- Cooperation
- Integrity
- Concern for Others
- Dependability
- Leadership
Technology:
- Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
- Microsoft Office
Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- Recordkeeping software
