Occupation

Athletes and Sports Competitors

Human Advantage 74%

Significant human skills needed

AI Automation Risk Low Risk
2.7 / 10

This occupation requires complex human judgment, social interaction, and creative problem-solving that are difficult to automate.

Compete in athletic events.

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Core Tasks

  1. Assess performance following athletic competition, identifying strengths and weaknesses and making adjustments to improve future performance.
  2. Maintain equipment used in a particular sport.
  3. Attend scheduled practice or training sessions.
  4. Maintain optimum physical fitness levels by training regularly, following nutrition plans, or consulting with health professionals.
  5. Participate in athletic events or competitive sports, according to established rules and regulations.
  6. Exercise or practice under the direction of athletic trainers or professional coaches to develop skills, improve physical condition, or prepare for competitions.
  7. Receive instructions from coaches or other sports staff prior to events and discuss performance afterwards.
  8. Represent teams or professional sports clubs, performing such activities as meeting with members of the media, making speeches, or participating in charity events.
  9. Lead teams by serving as captain.

Education & Training

Job Zone 2 Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
Education: These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
Experience: Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
On-the-Job Training: Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

Education Level Distribution

Percentage of workers in this occupation with each education level.

Less than a High School Diploma
35%
Bachelor's Degree
24%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
23%
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
9%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)
5%
Some College Courses
3%

Technology & Tools

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Tools & Equipment (94)

  • Badminton rackets
  • Balance beams
  • Baseball catching gloves
  • Bicycle motocross BMX bikes
  • Bowling balls
  • Boxing gloves
  • Competition javelins
  • Competition sailboats
  • Competition shot puts
  • Competition skateboards
  • Competition snowboards
  • Competition surfboards
  • Competition water skis
  • Core strengthening wheels
  • Cross-country skis
  • Cyclical variations in adaptive conditioning CVAC pods
  • Digital video cameras
  • Diving platforms
  • Downhill skis
  • Dressage whips
  • Elliptical trainers
  • Exercise bicycles
  • Fencing foils
  • Figure skates
  • Fitness balls
  • Fitness dumbbells
  • Fitness treadmills
  • Football training dummies
  • Football training sleds
  • Glute-ham benches
  • Golf drivers
  • Golf putters
  • Golf wedges
  • Gymnastics grips
  • Gymnastics rings
  • Gymnastics trampolines
  • Gymnastics vaults
  • Hammer throws
  • Horse bridles
  • Horse reins
  • Ice hockey skates
  • Ice hockey sticks
  • In-line skates
  • Lacrosse sticks
  • Laptop computers
  • Lower body weight machines
  • Metal baseball bats
  • Motion analysis equipment
  • Mountain bikes
  • Parallel bars
  • Personal computers
  • Ping-pong paddles
  • Pommel horses
  • Pool cues
  • Portable archery targets
  • Power stairclimbers
  • Precision archery bows
  • Race starting blocks
  • Recumbent exercise bicycles
  • Regulation basketballs
  • Regulation field hockey sticks
  • Regulation footballs
  • Regulation soccer balls
  • Regulation volleyballs
  • Relay race batons
  • Riding crops
  • Riding saddles
  • Road bikes
  • Row machines
  • Sculling boats
  • Softball bats
  • Speed skates
  • Spring diving boards
  • Squat benches
  • Squat racks
  • Stability balls
  • Sweep-oar boats
  • Swimming goggles
  • Tablet computers
  • Target shooting arrows
  • Tennis rackets
  • Therapeutic exercise bands
  • Therapeutic sandbags
  • Throwing discus
  • Track and field hurdles
  • Tractor tires
  • Uneven bars
  • Upper body ergometers
  • Vaulting poles
  • Vaulting springboards
  • Weighlifting analysis equipment
  • Weight plates
  • Weighted vests
  • Wooden baseball bats

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