What You'll Do

  • 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.
  • 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.

Essential Skills

Speaking 3.25/5
Service Orientation 3.12/5
Active Listening 3.0/5
Social Perceptiveness 3.0/5
Monitoring 2.88/5
Coordination 2.88/5
Critical Thinking 2.75/5
Judgment and Decision Making 2.62/5
Time Management 2.62/5
Writing 2.5/5
Reading Comprehension 2.38/5
Active Learning 2.38/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to sense whether the day to day rhythm and focus of this path line up with what energizes you.

Top passions

  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Helper: Supporting people and making a difference matters to you.
  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.

Common styles

Concern for Others, Cooperation, Dependability, Adaptability/Flexibility, Self-Control

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Speech Clarity 3.88/5
Oral Comprehension 3.75/5
Oral Expression 3.75/5
Problem Sensitivity 3.5/5
Speech Recognition 3.38/5
Near Vision 3.0/5
Information Ordering 2.88/5
Selective Attention 2.88/5

Technologies & Tools

Adobe PageMaker Calendar and scheduling software Database software Facebook Microsoft Excel Microsoft Internet Explorer Microsoft Office software Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Windows Microsoft Word

Work Environment & Style

Common Styles for This Career

  • Concern for Others (High importance: 4.11/5)
  • Cooperation (High importance: 4.1/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 3.88/5)
  • Adaptability/Flexibility (High importance: 3.85/5)
  • Self-Control (High importance: 3.82/5)

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How to Become One

Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for this career. Training is provided on the job.

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