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.
U.S. Workers
309,640
Median Salary
$35,380
10-Year Growth
+4.1%
Annual Openings
68,100
Typical entry: High school diploma or equivalent
23 of 24 tasks have some AI capability
Exposure Trend
This score reflects estimated AI technical capability for tasks in this occupation. It does not predict employment changes, and it does not account for company-specific constraints, regulation, or adoption barriers.
Complete and maintain time and attendance forms and inventory lists.
AI: Fully automatable - Completing and maintaining time/attendance and inventory records is routine clerical work that can be reliably automated by 2025 AI and integrated systems.
Schedule maintenance and use of facilities.
AI: Fully automatable - Scheduling and optimization of maintenance and facility use are well within AI capabilities and can be fully automated, including conflict resolution and notifications.
Document individuals' progress toward meeting their treatment goals.
AI: Fully automatable - Documenting progress toward treatment goals is largely recordkeeping and note‑generation from data/transcripts, which AI can reliably automate, though clinical oversight remains advisable.
Enforce rules and regulations of recreational facilities to maintain discipline and ensure safety.
AI: Partial - AI can monitor facilities, detect rule violations, and generate alerts, yet actual enforcement, discipline, and de-escalation require human authority and interpersonal skills.
Organize, lead, and promote interest in recreational activities, such as arts, crafts, sports, games, camping, and hobbies.
AI: Partial - AI can design programs, create promotional materials, and provide scripted facilitation, but cannot fully replicate in-person, spontaneous social leadership and hands‑on engagement.
Assess the needs and interests of individuals and groups and plan activities accordingly, given the available equipment or facilities.
AI: Partial - AI can analyze survey/data and propose tailored activity plans given constraints, but nuanced, in‑person needs assessment and contextual judgment remain partially human‑dependent.
Manage the daily operations of recreational facilities.
AI: Partial - AI can automate scheduling, monitoring, and some operational decisions, yet full facility management requires human oversight for physical, legal, and emergent issues.
Administer first aid according to prescribed procedures and notify emergency medical personnel when necessary.
AI: Partial - AI can provide real‑time first‑aid guidance and alert emergency services, but cannot physically perform hands‑on medical care.
Explain principles, techniques, and safety procedures to participants in recreational activities and demonstrate use of materials and equipment.
AI: Partial - AI can explain procedures and provide video or virtual demonstrations, but cannot fully substitute for in‑person, tactile demonstration and adaptive coaching.
Serve as liaison between park or recreation administrators and activity instructors.
AI: Partial - AI can automate liaison tasks like communicating schedules, sharing materials, and tracking follow‑ups, but cannot fully substitute for human judgement in nuanced administrator‑instructor relationships.
Direct special activities or events, such as aquatics, gymnastics, or performing arts.
AI: Partial - AI can plan, script, and support execution of special events, but directing high‑risk or performance activities (e.g., aquatics, gymnastics) requires certified human leadership and real‑time physical supervision.
Evaluate recreation areas, facilities, and services to determine if they are producing desired results.
AI: Partial - AI can evaluate usage metrics, surveys, and outcomes to assess facility performance, but interpreting qualitative impacts and making value judgments typically needs human context and stakeholder engagement.
Supervise and coordinate the work activities of personnel, such as training staff members and assigning work duties.
AI: Partial - AI can assist with rostering, administrative coordination, and training content, but cannot fully replace human supervisory judgment, conflict resolution, and team leadership.
Greet new arrivals to activities, introducing them to other participants, explaining facility rules, and encouraging participation.
AI: Partial - AI can handle digital check‑ins, explain rules, and make introductions via systems or kiosks, but cannot fully replicate in‑person warmth, real‑time social cue reading, and nuanced encouragement.
Conduct individual in-room visits with residents.
AI: Partial - AI can support remote or virtual visits, monitoring, and documentation, but cannot fully perform sensitive in‑room physical visits and hands‑on interpersonal care.
Confer with management to discuss and resolve participant complaints.
AI: Partial - AI can analyze complaints, draft responses, and suggest resolution strategies or mediate asynchronously, but cannot fully assume responsibility for complex, real‑time managerial negotiation and judgement.
Develop treatment goals for individuals based on their assessments.
AI: Partial - AI can draft individualized treatment goals from assessment data and evidence-based guidelines but lacks full clinical judgment, contextual nuance, and legal accountability to do this autonomously.
Evaluate staff performance, recording evaluations on appropriate forms.
AI: Partial - AI can generate evaluation text, score metrics, and populate forms from performance data but cannot fully replace human judgment, contextual interpretation, and managerial sign-off.
Meet with staff to discuss rules, regulations, and work-related problems.
AI: Partial - AI can prepare agendas, summarize regulations, propose solutions, and facilitate virtual meetings, but cannot fully replace human leadership, consensus building, and on‑the‑ground coordination.
Oversee the purchase, planning, design, construction, and upkeep of recreation facilities and areas.
AI: Partial - AI can assist with planning, design proposals, procurement recommendations, and maintenance scheduling, but cannot fully perform on‑site oversight, physical construction management, or final accountability.
Encourage participants to develop their own activities and leadership skills through group discussions.
AI: Partial - AI can facilitate group discussions, provide prompts and leadership training resources, and coach participants remotely, but cannot fully replicate the nuanced facilitation and motivational presence of a human leader.
Meet and collaborate with agency personnel, community organizations, and other professional personnel to plan balanced recreational programs for participants.
AI: Partial - AI can coordinate stakeholders, generate program plans, and handle communications and scheduling, but cannot fully manage interpersonal relationships and high‑stakes cross‑agency negotiations.
Provide for entertainment and set up related decorations and equipment.
AI: Partial - AI can design entertainment programs, produce playlists and setup instructions, and coordinate vendors, but cannot reliably perform physical decoration and equipment setup in most real environments as of 2025.
Take residents on community outings.
AI: Not automatable - Taking residents on community outings requires physical presence, supervision, transportation, and on-the-spot decision-making that AI cannot perform autonomously.