Occupation Atlasoutdoor animator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/67d8c64f-e0d9-4e0b-be8b-510f9e20e698
outdoor animator
Outdoor animators are responsible for planning and organising outdoor activities. They may at times be involved in aspects of administration, front office tasks and tasks related to the activity base and maintenance of equipment. The workplace of an outdoor animator is mostly “in the field”, but can also take place indoors.
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Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
SERSocial · Enterprising · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social4.90
- E Enterprising4.51
- R Realistic3.75
- C Conventional3.46
- A Artistic3.05
- I Investigative1.98
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Recreation Workers (39-9032.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (17)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- animate in the outdoors
- assess risk in the outdoors
- communicate in an outdoor setting
- empathise with outdoor groups
- evaluate outdoor activities
- give feedback on changing circumstances
- implement risk management for outdoors
- manage feedback
- manage groups outdoors
- manage outdoor resources
- manage visitor flows in natural protected areas
- monitor interventions in the outdoors
- monitor use of outdoor equipment
- plan schedule
- react acordingly to unexpected events outdoors
- research areas for outdoor activity
- structure information
Optional (12)
- augmented reality
- ecotourism
- educate on sustainable tourism
- engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas
- improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality
- manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage
- promote virtual reality travelling experiences
- support community-based tourism
- support local tourism
- use e-tourism platforms
- virtual reality
- water skiing
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 17 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
outdoor activities coordinator
17 shared · 0 more of its ownassess risk in the outdoors, empathise with outdoor groups, give feedback on changing circumstances, monitor interventions in the outdoors
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assistant outdoor animator
16 shared · 0 more of its ownassess risk in the outdoors, empathise with outdoor groups, give feedback on changing circumstances, monitor interventions in the outdoors
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specialised outdoor animator
16 shared · 0 more of its ownassess risk in the outdoors, empathise with outdoor groups, give feedback on changing circumstances, monitor interventions in the outdoors
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activity leader
11 shared · 11 more of its ownassess risk in the outdoors, give feedback on changing circumstances, react acordingly to unexpected events outdoors, evaluate outdoor activities
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environmental education officer
4 shared · 10 more of its ownmonitor interventions in the outdoors, manage outdoor resources, implement risk management for outdoors, animate in the outdoors
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mountain guide
2 shared · 24 more of its ownanimate in the outdoors, manage visitor flows in natural protected areas
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