event managertotourist animator
A event manager already meets 30% of what the tourist animator role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
30%
68.9/ 100
1 Share of the tourist animator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the event manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A tourist animator role treats 4 of its required skills as things a event manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas
- manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage
- support community-based tourism
- support local tourism
What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A tourist animator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a event manager background worth leading with.
- already held evaluate events information skills
- already held support community-based tourism communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality working with computers
- already held ecotourism natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held educate on sustainable tourism communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held promote virtual reality travelling experiences working with computers
All 12 carried skills, including the 4 the tourist animator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held demonstrate intercultural competences in hospitality services required
- required, not held identify customer's needs required
- required, not held assist clients with special needs required
- required, not held build business relationships required
- required, not held develop entertainment programmes required
- required, not held ensure cross-department cooperation required
- optional, not held distribute local information materials optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held maintain customer service optional
- required, not held entertain guests interactively required
- required, not held provide tourism related information required
- required, not held comply with food safety and hygiene required
- required, not held inform customers of activity changes required
- required, not held manage health and safety standards required
- optional, not held greet guests optional
- required, not held recreation activities required
- optional, not held water skiing optional
- required, not held keep up to date on local events required
- optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a tourist animator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 entertain guests interactively skill · occupation specific
- 02 demonstrate intercultural competences in hospitality services skill · sector specific
- 03 identify customer's needs skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas skill
- already held manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage skill
- already held support community-based tourism skill
- already held support local tourism skill
- already held augmented reality knowledge
- already held ecotourism knowledge
- already held educate on sustainable tourism skill
- already held evaluate events skill
- already held improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality skill
- already held promote virtual reality travelling experiences skill
- already held use e-tourism platforms skill
- already held virtual reality knowledge
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held water skiing optional
- optional, not held distribute local information materials optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held greet guests optional
- optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
- optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held maintain customer service optional
28 held skills the tourist animator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role arrange event needs skill
- not needed by the target role confer with event staff skill
- not needed by the target role consult exhibition organisers skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to the programmer's reflection process skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
- not needed by the target role determine event objectives skill
- not needed by the target role develop event topics skill
- not needed by the target role direct event administrative details skill
- not needed by the target role document safety actions skill
- not needed by the target role food waste monitoring systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect event facilities skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with event sponsors skill
- not needed by the target role maintain event records skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role monitor event activities skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate contracts with event providers skill
- not needed by the target role obtain event permits skill
- not needed by the target role organise event participants' registration skill
- not needed by the target role plan events skill
- not needed by the target role plan presence at professional events skill
- not needed by the target role plan schedule skill
- not needed by the target role review event bills skill
- not needed by the target role select event providers skill
- not needed by the target role solicit event publicity skill
- not needed by the target role supervise event staff skill
- not needed by the target role use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality skill
- not needed by the target role work with respect for own safety skill
- not needed by the target role write risk assessment on performing arts production skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held recreation activities required
- optional, not held water skiing optional
Other moves recorded from event manager
- event assistant 44% covered · substantial
- promoter 39% covered · substantial
- wedding planner 25% covered · substantial
- specialised outdoor animator 24% covered · substantial
- tour operator representative 23% covered · career change
- hospitality entertainment manager 23% covered · career change
- outdoor animator 23% covered · career change
- outdoor activities coordinator 22% covered · career change
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.