Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

outdoor animatortotourist animator

A outdoor animator already meets 30% of what the tourist animator role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From outdoor animator
30%
Overlap1
To tourist animator
12 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
68.6 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 68.6

This move: 68.6 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the tourist animator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the outdoor animator 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.

Table 2

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 outdoor animator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held water skiing services
  • 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

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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required, 5 supplementary
  • 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
02 assisting and caring 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • 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
03 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held keep up to date on local events required
  • optional, not held evaluate events optional
04 services 1 required
  • required, not held recreation activities required
05 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 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
  • already held water skiing knowledge
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held distribute local information materials optional
  • optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held evaluate events 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
17 held skills the tourist animator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role animate in the outdoors skill
  • not needed by the target role assess risk in the outdoors skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate in an outdoor setting skill
  • not needed by the target role empathise with outdoor groups skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate outdoor activities skill
  • not needed by the target role give feedback on changing circumstances skill
  • not needed by the target role implement risk management for outdoors skill
  • not needed by the target role manage feedback skill
  • not needed by the target role manage groups outdoors skill
  • not needed by the target role manage outdoor resources skill
  • not needed by the target role manage visitor flows in natural protected areas skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor interventions in the outdoors skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor use of outdoor equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role plan schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role react acordingly to unexpected events outdoors skill
  • not needed by the target role research areas for outdoor activity skill
  • not needed by the target role structure information skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held recreation activities required
Index

Other moves recorded from outdoor animator

Full index of moves from outdoor animator

Note

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.