Sport and Leisure
Sporting and leisure activities are very popular. A Sport and Leisure Assistant will help to prepare sporting and leisure activities and may also look after people who are doing them. Leisure Centres and pools run by the local authorities and private fitness and leisure clubs tend to be the main employers. Many large hotels also have sport and leisure clubs as do holiday parks.
Coursefinder Links
Jobs In Sport and Leisure
Links
A very specific link here to an article on how to become a footballer and a linked article at the foot of the page about Football Academies (all Premiership clubs have them) and training schemes. You should use a search engine like Google to try to track down links to a sport that interests you and look for key words like training, apprenticeship, academy ...
Connexions Direct: Leisure, Sport and Tourism
The Connexions-Direct Jobs4U Careers Database is a list of job families. You will commonly find the word Sectors used instead of job families. This link will take you to the Leisure, Sport and Tourism sector or family of jobs.
SkillsActive is the Sector Skills Council for careers in Sport and Recreation, Health and Fitness, Playwork, The Outdoors and Caravan industries. It describes itself as the "the number one contact for information and advice on working in the active leisure and learning sector". The site is simple and includes a Virtual Careers Adviser to help you work out whether a career in active leisure is suitable for you.