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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
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. | Enforce rules and regulations of recreational facilities to maintain discipline and ensure safety. | |||
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Organize, lead, and promote interest in recreational activities such as arts, crafts, sports, games, camping, and hobbies. | ||||
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Manage the daily operations of recreational facilities. | ||||
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Administer first aid according to prescribed procedures, and notify emergency medical personnel when necessary. | ||||
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Ascertain and interpret group interests, evaluate equipment and facilities, and adapt activities to meet participant needs. | ||||
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Greet new arrivals to activities, introducing them to other participants, explaining facility rules, and encouraging participation. | ||||
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Explain principles, techniques, and safety procedures to participants in recreational activities, and demonstrate use of materials and equipment. | ||||
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Evaluate recreation areas, facilities, and services to determine if they are producing desired results. | ||||
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Complete and maintain time and attendance forms and inventory lists. | ||||
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Confer with management to discuss and resolve participant complaints. | ||||
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Supervise and coordinate the work activities of personnel, such as training staff members and assigning work duties. | ||||
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Meet and collaborate with agency personnel, community organizations, and other professional personnel to plan balanced recreational programs for participants. | ||||
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Schedule maintenance and use of facilities. | ||||
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Direct special activities or events such as aquatics, gymnastics, or performing arts. | ||||
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Meet with staff to discuss rules, regulations, and work-related problems. | ||||
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Provide for entertainment and set up related decorations and equipment. | ||||
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Encourage participants to develop their own activities and leadership skills through group discussions. | ||||
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Serve as liaison between park or recreation administrators and activity instructors. | ||||
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Evaluate staff performance, recording evaluations on appropriate forms. | ||||
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Oversee the purchase, planning, design, construction, and upkeep of recreation facilities and areas. | ||||
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Conduct individual in-room visits with residents. | ||||
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Take residents on community outings. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Recreation Workers
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
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. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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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. | |||
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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. | |||
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Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. | |||
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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. | |||
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Clerical | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
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. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. | |||
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Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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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 there is a problem. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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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. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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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). | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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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). | |||
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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). | |||
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Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Charting software | Charting software | |||
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Corel WordPerfect software | Word processing software | |||
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Database software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Desktop publishing software | Desktop publishing software | |||
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Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Internet Explorer | Internet browser software | |||
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Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | |||
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Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | |||
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Microsoft Publisher | Desktop publishing software | |||
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Microsoft Windows | Operating system software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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Recordkeeping software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Scheduling software | Calendar and scheduling software | |||
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Word processing software | Word processing software | |||
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Braille materials | Braille devices for the physically challenged | |||
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Calculators | Calculators or accessories | |||
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Calendars | Calendars | |||
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Cash registers | Cash registers | |||
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Cashboxes | Cash registers | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Electronic scoreboards | Sport scoreboards | |||
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Fax machines | Facsimile machines | |||
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First aid kits | Emergency medical services first aid kits | |||
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Informational signs | Informational signs | |||
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Ladders | Ladders | |||
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Microphones | Microphones | |||
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Mobile phones | Mobile phones | |||
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Passenger vans | Minivans or vans | |||
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Photocopiers | Photocopiers | |||
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Two way radios | Two way radios | |||
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Wheelchairs | Wheelchairs | |||
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Whiteboards | Dry erase boards or accessories | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
On-Site or In-Plant Training | Up to and including 1 month | |||
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Required Level of Education | Bachelor's Degree | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Activities Aide | |||
Activities Assistant | |||
Activities Coordinator | |||
Activities Counselor | |||
Activities Director | |||
Activities Leader | |||
Activity Aide | |||
Activity Assistant | |||
Activity Coordinator | |||
Activity Director | |||
Activity Leader | |||
Activity Specialist | |||
Aquatics Specialist | |||
Camp Advisor | |||
Camp Counselor | |||
Camp Director | |||
Certified Activity Coordinator | |||
Certified Therapeatic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) | |||
Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) | |||
Community Program Assistant | |||
Correctional Leisure Activities Specialist | |||
Corrections Activities Specialist | |||
Corrections Activity Specialist | |||
Director of Therapeutic Recreation | |||
Field Advisor | |||
Field Representative | |||
Field Scout | |||
Field Supervisor | |||
Fitness Director | |||
Fitness Plan Coordinator | |||
Fitness Worker | |||
Girls' Adviser | |||
Group Leader | |||
Group Work Program Aide | |||
Group Worker | |||
Life Enrichment Director | |||
Music Therapist | |||
Park Recreation Manager | |||
Parks Recreation Coordinator | |||
Parks Recreation Director | |||
Play Leader | |||
Playground Director | |||
Playground Official | |||
Playground Worker | |||
Program Assistant | |||
Program Director | |||
Recreation Activities Coordinator | |||
Recreation Aide | |||
Recreation Assistant | |||
Recreation Center Director | |||
Recreation Coordinator | |||
Recreation Counselor | |||
Recreation Director | |||
Recreation Leader | |||
Recreation Program Coordinator | |||
Recreation Specialist | |||
Recreation Superintendent | |||
Recreation Supervisor | |||
Recreation Technician | |||
Recreation Therapist | |||
Recreation Worker | |||
Recreational Aide | |||
Recreational Assistant | |||
Recreational Counselor | |||
Recreational Facilities Hotel or Motel Manager | |||
Recreational Leader | |||
Recreational Specialist | |||
Recreational Therapist | |||
Recreational Therapy Technician | |||
Respite Coordinator | |||
Social Director | |||
Special Events Coordinator | |||
Summer Counselor | |||
Teen Counselor | |||
Therapeutic Activities Services Worker | |||
Therapeutic Recreation Assistant | |||
Therapeutic Recreation Director | |||
Therapeutic Recreation Leader | |||
Youth Worker | |||
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