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Recreation Workers
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.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Enforce rules and regulations of recreational facilities to maintain discipline and ensure safety.Mostly human for now
- 02Organize, lead, and promote interest in recreational activities, such as arts, crafts, sports, games, camping, and hobbies.Mostly human for now
- 03Assess the needs and interests of individuals and groups and plan activities accordingly, given the available equipment or facilities.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Manage the daily operations of recreational facilities.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Administer first aid according to prescribed procedures and notify emergency medical personnel when necessary.Mostly human for now
- 06Complete and maintain time and attendance forms and inventory lists.AI could speed this up a lot
- 07Explain principles, techniques, and safety procedures to participants in recreational activities and demonstrate use of materials and equipment.Mostly human for now
- 08Direct special activities or events, such as aquatics, gymnastics, or performing arts.Mostly human for now
- 09Supervise and coordinate the work activities of personnel, such as training staff members and assigning work duties.Mostly human for now
- 10Evaluate recreation areas, facilities, and services to determine if they are producing desired results.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
24%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 65% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Enforce rules and regulations of recreational facilities to maintain discipline and ensure safety.
- Organize, lead, and promote interest in recreational activities, such as arts, crafts, sports, games, camping, and hobbies.
- Administer first aid according to prescribed procedures and notify emergency medical personnel when necessary.