First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment & Recreation Workers
Summary of What they do:
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of entertainment and recreation related workers.
Tasks On The Job
- Analyze and record personnel or operational data and write related activity reports.
- Apply customer feedback to service improvement efforts.
- Assign work schedules, following work requirements, to ensure quality and timely delivery of service.
- Collaborate with staff members to plan or develop programs of events or schedules of activities.
- Direct or coordinate the activities of entertainment and recreation related workers.
- Furnish customers with information on events or activities.
- Inform workers about interests or special needs of specific groups.
- Inspect work areas or operating equipment to ensure conformance to established standards in areas such as cleanliness or maintenance.
- Meet with managers or other supervisors to stay informed of changes affecting workers or operations.
- Observe and evaluate workers' appearance and performance to ensure quality service and compliance with specifications.
- Participate in continuing education to stay abreast of industry trends and developments.
- Plan, direct, or supervise recreational and entertainment activities led by staff, such as sports, aquatics, games, or performing arts.
- Provide staff with assistance in performing difficult or complicated duties.
- Recruit and hire staff members.
- Requisition supplies and equipment necessary for workers to facilitate recreational or entertainment activities, such as safety harnesses, flash lights, or first aid kits.
- Resolve customer complaints regarding worker performance or services rendered.
- Serve as a point of contact between managerial staff and leaders of recreational or entertainment activities.
- Take disciplinary action to address performance problems.
- Train workers in proper operational procedures and functions and explain company policies.
AI and This Career
The chance AI takes over most of this job in the next 10 years.
Why this score
- Ops tools can draft staff cards, flag guest issue packs and stage event shells. They do not coach staff or judge event flow alone.
- Supervisors remain accountable for coaching staff, handling guest issues and judging event flow under venue standards.
- Beyond the staff cards, the job is coaching staff, handling guest issues and judging event flow when crowds surprise.
- Demand is growing as venues still need supervisors who handle guest issues after tools draft more staff cards.
- What actually happens: AI drafts staff cards, and supervisors focus on coaching staff, handling guest issues and judging event flow.
How AI helps
Setup tools can build staff schedules options and attach program calendars; incident report starters stay human-checked.
What stays human
Coaching staff, handling guest issues, and judging event flow are still the supervisor's job.
How we rated it: By our count, 5 of the 19 tasks O*NET lists for this job are mainly records, admin, or robot-ready physical work, for a replaceable share of about 26%. Exposure means AI could speed up tasks; it does not mean AI does the job. This rating is about replacement within about 10 years, not how much AI the job uses.
Sources: O*NET OnLine 39-1014.00 tasks (2026); Eloundou et al., "GPTs are GPTs" (2023): exposure score 0.37 of 1 (the middle of 923 jobs is 0.36); ILO Working Paper 140 (2025): ISCO 3423 rated "not exposed" (task score 0.25 of 1); Entertainment/recreation supervisors; nearest Fitness and Recreation Instructors. BLS Employment Projections 2025-35 (Table 1.2 / nationalMatrix, https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm): projected employment change 5.3%.
PERSONALITY
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57% | Social  -  Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities. | |
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