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Managers · code 1431

Sports, recreation and cultural centre managers

Sports, recreation and cultural centre managers plan, organize and control the operations of establishments that provide sporting, artistic, theatrical and other recreational and amenity services. Tasks include - (a) planning and organizing the range and mix of entertainment, attractions, cultural activities and sports and fitness programmes to be offered by the centre; (b) ensuring that facilities are kept clean and in good condition; (c) keeping abreast of new trends and developments in the creative arts and arranging theatrical productions and performances by bands and orchestras; (d) advising on the facilities available and promoting publicity in relation to events, shows and activities; (e) checking and keeping custody of all cash receipts and making regular stock checks; (f) establishing and managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources; (g) planning and directing daily operations; (h) controlling the selection, supervision and performance of staff; (i) ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Amusement park manager - Billiards or pool hall manager - Casino manager - Cinema manager - Leisure centre manager - Riding school manager - Sports centre manager - Theatre manager - Theme park manager Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Art gallery manager - 1349 - Library manager - 1349 - Museum manager - 1349

A few tasks are affected, but the heart of the job isn't. It ranks 258 of 427 for holding up against AI.

Also known as

  • recreational facilities manager
  • sport facility manager
  • cultural facilities manager

Job titles from the EU's ESCO list. Search for any of them on the jobs page and you'll end up here.

67.7
Holds up
against AI Minimal Exposure

AI could take on 32.3 of 100, on average
so it holds up at 100 − 32.3 = 67.7

That's the whole sum, and you can check it against the ILO's study.

30.4
How hands-on
out of 100

From O*NET, averaged across 11 US jobs , so treat it as rough

16.1
How fiddly
and cramped

finger skill 23.2 · hand skill 15 · cramped spaces 10.1 · averaged

Kind of hands-on work · hands-on under 50 Less than half hands-on

Less than half of this job is hands-on. Robots still matter, but for a smaller part of the work, so we don't sort it any further.

estimated O*NET 31.0 BLS occupational crosswalk chain ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC (Aug 2012, rev. Jun 2015); 2010 to 2018 SOC (Nov 2017); O*NET-SOC 2019 taxonomy data 0.7-work-setting measures chosen by Frey & Osborne (2017) · the grouping is a sorting, not a measurement

What this number leaves out This job rates 30.4 out of 100 for how hands-on it is. The score above only looks at AI tools, not robots, but for work this far from the physical that matters less.

The tasks behind the score

The score is the average of these. A job is really a bundle of tasks, and an average can hide how uneven that bundle is.

The task AI could do most of scores 43.5, while the average is 32.3. A big gap means some of this job is wide open to AI and some of it barely at all. That's quite different from a job where everything sits somewhere in the middle, even when the averages match.

  1. 43.5

    Establishing and managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources

    Low
  2. 38

    Advising on the facilities available and promoting publicity in relation to events, shows and activities

    Low
  3. 36.3

    Planning and directing daily operations

    Low
  4. 35.3

    Checking and keeping custody of all cash receipts and making regular stock checks

    Low
  5. 35

    Keeping abreast of new trends and developments in the creative arts and arranging theatrical productions and performances by bands and orchestras

    Low
  6. 34.8

    Planning and organizing the range and mix of entertainment, attractions, cultural activities, and sports and fitness programmes to be offered by the centre

    Low
  7. 33.5

    Controlling the selection, supervision and performance of staff

    Low
  8. 24.3

    Ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.

    Very Low
  9. 9.8

    Ensuring that facilities are kept clean and in good condition

    Very Low

9 tasks · the High to Very Low labels are the ILO's

from the source Working Paper 140, Generative AI and Jobs 2025 index data 0.7-work-setting

Helped, or replaced?

The score above can't tell a tool that makes you faster from one that does the task instead of you. Jobs and Skills Australia looked at those two things separately, and this is their result, matched to this job.

2 Australian jobs match this one, and we've simply averaged them. Treat the numbers as a rough guide.

AI helps you
71.5
AI does it for you
41

Helping wins by 30.5 points.

estimated Our Gen AI Transition (Gen AI Capacity Study) September 2025 detailed data release data 0.7-work-setting matched to Australian jobs 1491, 1499

Compared with similar jobs

There are 30 jobs in the “Managers” group, averaging 63.8. This one is above that.