{"id":8092,"date":"2021-07-14T03:02:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T03:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecareers.emotedigital.com.au\/industry\/sports-recreation\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T02:48:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T02:48:15","slug":"sports-recreation","status":"publish","type":"ra-industry","link":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/industry\/sports-recreation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports &#038; Recreation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sports and recreation industry is not just about entertainment &#8211; it also plays a crucial role in the well-being of all Australians!<\/p>\n<p>When most people think about this sector, they immediately think about competitive sports, but there\u2019s much more to it. Sports and recreation contribute to the physical and mental well-being of different communities in a variety of ways. It\u2019s a rewarding industry to get involved in and the number of career pathways will probably surprise you!<\/p>\n<p>Over 90% of Australian adults have an interest in sport, with 8.4 million adults and 3 million children participating in sport each year.<\/p>\n<p>Most organisations within the sports and recreation industry are small to medium enterprises that work closely with the local community. These could be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Community sports and fitness centres or gyms.<\/li>\n<li>Professional sport and fitness facilities, such as stadiums.<\/li>\n<li>Professional athletes and competitive sports players.<\/li>\n<li>Sports coaching groups.<\/li>\n<li>Sports facilities management and groundskeeping.<\/li>\n<li>Sports nutrition, therapy and wellbeing.<\/li>\n<li>Sporting events management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Skilled coaches, instructors and officials form a large component of this sector, but there\u2019s a wide variety of other roles too. These include sports nutritionists, sports therapists, and sports psychologists, as well as sports event management, sports administrators and community wellbeing coordinators.<\/p>\n<p>Recreational activities form an important part of Australian lifestyle and culture &#8211; it\u2019s not just about sports played on the pitch! Swimming, canoeing, kayaking, hiking, mountain-biking &#8211; these are all big sub-sectors in the industry with job roles and career paths to go with them.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the role you pursue, there&#8217;s plenty of opportunities to take your career global. From coaching and umpiring to playing on teams or managing sporting events &#8211; these roles are typically in demand with skilled professionals able to take their expertise anywhere they want.<\/p>\n<p>Entry into the sector is as varied as the roles available, so no matter what academic pathway you choose to pursue, there\u2019ll be an opportunity to start with a retail and customer service career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8286,"template":"","meta":{"content-type":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ra-industry\/8092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ra-industry"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ra-industry"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}