Amusement and Recreation Attendants Onet SOC Code 39-3091.00 Career Description: Perform variety of attending duties at amusement or recreation facility. May schedule use of recreation facilities, maintain and provide equipment to participants of sporting events or recreational pursuits, or operate amusement concessions and rides. Related Clusters:

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Career Summary:

• Provide information about facilities, entertainment options, and rules and regulations.
• Record details of attendance, sales, receipts, reservations, or repair activities.
• Monitor activities to ensure adherence to rules and safety procedures, or arrange for the removal of unruly patrons.
• Sell tickets and collect fees from customers.
• Keep informed of shut-down and emergency evacuation procedures.
• Clean sporting equipment, vehicles, rides, booths, facilities, or grounds.
• Operate machines to clean, smooth, and prepare the ice surfaces of rinks for activities such as skating, hockey, and curling.
• Announce or describe amusement park attractions to patrons to entice customers to games and other entertainment.
• Fasten safety devices for patrons, or provide them with directions for fastening devices.
• Inspect equipment to detect wear and damage and perform minor repairs, adjustments or maintenance tasks such as oiling parts.
• Operate, drive, or explain the use of mechanical riding devices or other automatic equipment in amusement parks, carnivals, or recreation areas.
• Rent, sell, or issue sporting equipment and supplies such as bowling shoes, golf balls, swimming suits, and beach chairs.
• Verify, collect, or punch tickets before admitting patrons to venues such as amusement parks and rides.
• Tend amusement booths in parks, carnivals, or stadiums, performing duties such as conducting games, photographing patrons, and awarding prizes.
• Direct patrons to rides, seats, or attractions.
• Provide assistance to patrons entering or exiting amusement rides, boats, or ski lifts, or mounting or dismounting animals.
• Sell and serve refreshments to customers.
• Schedule the use of recreation facilities such as golf courses, tennis courts, bowling alleys, and softball diamonds.
• Maintain inventories of equipment, storing and retrieving items and assembling and disassembling equipment as necessary.

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

• Education required for this occupation ranges from a high school diploma -- sometimes less for many part-time summer jobs -- to a college education. Full-time career professional positions usually require a college degree. Programs leading to an associate or bachelor's degree in parks and recreation, leisure studies, or related fields are offered in many colleges and universities in Tennessee. High school students will find courses in physical education useful.

• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

• Realistic - Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
• Second Interest High-Point - Secondary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness
• Conventional - Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
• Third Interest High-Point - Tertiary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness
• Enterprising - Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

• Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
• Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
• Self Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
• Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
• Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical.

• Moral Values - Workers on this job are never pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.
• Relationships-Mean Extent - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
• Co-workers - Workers on this job have co-workers who are easy to get along with.
• Supervision, Technical - Workers on this job have supervisors who train their workers well.
• Activity - Workers on this job are busy all the time.
• Social Service - Workers on this job have work where they do things for other people.

Wage and salary data provided by:

• Bureau of Labor Statistics, Tennessee Department of Labor website
• TN Department of Labor & Workforce Development website
• Bureau of Economic Analysis website