The recreation field has an unusually large number of part-time, seasonal, and volunteer jobs.
Educational requirements range from a high school diploma to a graduate degree.
Recreation workers plan, organize, and direct these activities in local playgrounds and recreation areas, parks, community centers, health clubs, religious organizations, camps, theme parks, and most tourist attractions. Increasingly, recreational workers are also found in workplaces, where they organize and direct leisure activities and athletic programs for employees of all ages. These workers hold a variety of positions at different levels of responsibility. Recreation leaders , who are responsible for a recreation program's daily operation, primarily organize and direct participants. Workers who provide instruction and coach teams in specialties such as art, music, drama, swimming, or tennis may be called activity specialists .