Profession amusement and recreation attendant

Amusement and recreation attendants perform a variety of attending duties at amusement or recreation facility. They may schedule the use of recreation facilities, maintain and provide equipment to participants of sporting events or recreational pursuits or operate amusement concessions and rides.

Personality Type

• Enterprising / Conventional

Knowledge

• Amusement park emergency procedures

  Stay informed about shutdown and emergency evacuation procedures for amusement parks.

Skills

• Tend amusement park booths

  Occupy booths in amusement parks or carnivals; perform duties such as conducting games; take pictures of visitors, award trophies and prizes.

• Provide amusement park information

  Inform park visitors about entertainment facilities, rules and regulations.

• Assist amusement park visitors

  Assist visitors entering or exiting rides, boats, or ski lifts.

• Direct amusement park clients

  Guide visitors to rides, seats, and attractions.

• Operate amusement rides

  Operate mechanical devices or automated equipment in amusement parks, carnivals, or recreational areas.

• Announce amusement park attractions

  Announce and promote amusement park attractions, games and entertainment to potential visitors.

• Monitor amusement park safety

  Follow up activities to ensure permanent safety and decent behaviour of park visitors; remove unruly visitors if needed.

• Clean amusement park facilities

  Eliminate dirt, rubbish or impurities in park facilities such as booths, sporting equipment, vehicles and rides.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB