recreational facilities managertospa manager
A recreational facilities manager already meets 68% of what the spa manager role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
68%
47.8/ 100
1 Share of the spa manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the recreational facilities 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 spa manager role treats 32 of its required skills as things a recreational facilities manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse goal progress
- communication principles
- company policies
- corporate social responsibility
- create solutions to problems
- develop recreation programmes
What stands in the way is 14 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 46 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A spa manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a recreational facilities manager background worth leading with.
- already held inform customers of activity changes assisting and caring
- already held manage recreational facility management skills
- already held supervise the management of an establishment management skills
- already held develop recreation programmes management skills
- already held schedule recreation facilities management skills
- already held manage payroll management skills
All 46 carried skills, including the 32 the spa manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 7 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 ensure infrastructure accessibility required
- required, not held handle customer complaints required
- required, not held respond to customers' inquiries required
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held promote cultural venue events optional
- optional, not held sell products optional
- optional, not held sell services optional
- optional, not held sell tickets optional
- required, not held manage customer service required
- required, not held plan spa services required
- required, not held discharge employees required
- optional, not held manage inventory optional
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
- optional, not held manage profitability optional
- required, not held customer service required
- required, not held product comprehension required
- required, not held customer relationship management required
- optional, not held advertising techniques optional
- required, not held keep up to date with spa products required
- required, not held oversee spa maintenance required
- optional, not held measure customer feedback optional
- required, not held guarantee customer satisfaction required
- required, not held meet picking standards required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a spa manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 customer service knowledge · sector specific
- 02 guarantee customer satisfaction skill · sector specific
- 03 keep up to date with spa products 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 46 skills that carry over
- already held analyse goal progress skill
- already held communication principles knowledge
- already held company policies knowledge
- already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held develop recreation programmes skill
- already held develop revenue generation strategies skill
- already held establish daily priorities skill
- already held follow company standards skill
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held inform customers of activity changes skill
- already held lead a team skill
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage health and safety standards skill
- already held manage logistics skill
- already held manage recreational facility skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held manage supplies skill
- already held plan shifts of employees skill
- already held produce sales reports skill
- already held promote recreation activities skill
- already held recreation activities knowledge
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held represent the organisation skill
- already held schedule recreation facilities skill
- already held set organisational policies skill
- already held supervise daily information operations skill
- already held supervise the management of an establishment skill
- already held supervise work skill
- already held train employees skill
- already held accounting knowledge
- already held assess employees' capability levels skill
- already held bookkeeping regulations knowledge
- already held coordinate advertising campaigns skill
- already held coordinate events skill
- already held counselling methods knowledge
- already held create a financial plan skill
- already held evaluate employees skill
- already held fix meetings skill
- already held implement marketing strategies skill
- already held manage payroll skill
- already held manage workflow processes skill
- already held order supplies skill
- already held plan health and safety procedures skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- required, not held types of spa required
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held manage inventory optional
- optional, not held promote cultural venue events optional
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
- optional, not held advertising techniques optional
- optional, not held manage profitability optional
- optional, not held measure customer feedback optional
- optional, not held sell products optional
- optional, not held sell services optional
- optional, not held sell tickets optional
27 held skills the spa manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse transportation costs skill
- not needed by the target role assemble health and safety resources in cultural venues skill
- not needed by the target role assist customers skill
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role chair a meeting skill
- not needed by the target role create safe working protocols skill
- not needed by the target role develop organisational policies skill
- not needed by the target role energy conservation knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with company regulations skill
- not needed by the target role keep stock records skill
- not needed by the target role keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain professional administration skill
- not needed by the target role maintain professional records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role manage a small-to-medium business skill
- not needed by the target role manage schedule of tasks skill
- not needed by the target role maximise sales revenues skill
- not needed by the target role organise participation in local or international events skill
- not needed by the target role organise training skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role plan medium to long term objectives skill
- not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role report on overall management of a business skill
- not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
- not needed by the target role supervise the work of staff on different shifts skill
5 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 customer service required
- required, not held product comprehension required
- required, not held types of spa required
- required, not held customer relationship management required
- optional, not held advertising techniques optional
Other moves recorded from recreational facilities manager
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.