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Learn about the most important job activities for Recreation Workers. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Assisting and Caring for Others76
2.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates74
3.Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work72
Thinking Creatively72
5.Performing General Physical Activities71
6.Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others70
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships70
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events70
Getting Information70
10.Scheduling Work and Activities66
* Importance out of 100

Score Key
  Importance for success in this profession
  Level of proficiency needed

Job Activity Scores

Assisting and Caring for Others
Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
76
62
Help a coworker complete an assignmentAssist a stranded traveler in finding lodgingCare for seriously injured persons in an emergency room
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
74
59
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
72
62
Organize a work schedule that is repetitive and easy to planPlan and organize your own activities that often changePrioritize and plan multiple tasks several months ahead
Thinking Creatively
Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
72
58
Change the spacing on a printed reportAdapt popular music for a high school marching bandCreate new computer software
Performing General Physical Activities
Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
71
56
Walk between work stations in a small officePaint the outside of a houseClimb up and down poles to install electricity
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
70
61
Exchange information during a shift changeOrganize the cleanup crew after a major sporting eventAct as general contractor for building a large industrial complex
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
70
63
Exchange greetings with a coworkerMaintain good working relationships with almost all coworkers and clientsGain cooperation from a culturally diverse group of executives hostile to your company
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
70
54
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
70
52
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Scheduling Work and Activities
Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
66
56
Make appointments for patients using a predetermined schedulePrepare the work schedule for salesclerks in a large retail storeSchedule a complex conference program with multiple, parallel sessions