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Roles in Sport & Recreation: what they pay, where they're heading and how to get in.
Basketball Coach
Basketball coaches plan and lead training sessions and games, helping players build skills, fitness and teamwork.
Cricket Coach
Cricket coaches build the batting, bowling and fielding skills of players, from junior pathway squads through to senior representative sides.
Dive Instructor
Dive instructors teach people to scuba dive safely, running in-water training and guided dives so students and tourists can explore the ocean with confidence.
Esports Player
Esports players compete in organised video game tournaments, training with a team and performing in leagues and events broadcast to online audiences.
Fishing Guide
Fishing guides take paying clients fishing, handling the boat, the safety briefing and the local knowledge that puts them onto fish.
Football Coach
Football coaches plan the training and decide how their team plays, working with a squad week to week through a season.
Gym Manager
Gym managers run a fitness centre day to day, keeping the timetable full, the staff rostered and the membership numbers healthy.
Gymnastics Coach
Gymnastics coaches teach athletes to move safely and well on apparatus such as vault, bars, beam and floor, building the strength and technique that competition routines are made of.
Harness Racing Driver
Harness racing drivers steer horses pulling a sulky, judging pace and position to get the best finish out of the horse over the trip.
Horse Riding Instructor
Horse riding instructors teach people to ride and handle horses safely, from a first lesson on a lead rein through to competition preparation.
Horse Trainer
Horse trainers get racehorses fit and ready to race, planning each horse's training, feeding and race schedule.
Jockey
Jockeys ride horses in races, steering a mount to its best finish while keeping horse and rider safe.
Lifeguard
Lifeguards supervise swimmers at pools, beaches and water parks, ready to make a rescue or give first aid when someone gets into trouble.
Martial Arts Instructor
Martial arts instructors teach the techniques, discipline and safety of a martial art, building fitness, confidence and self-defence skills in students of all ages.
Netball Coach
A netball coach plans and leads training and matches, helping players build skills, fitness and teamwork.
Outdoor Adventure Guide
Outdoor adventure guides lead groups through hiking, climbing, kayaking and canyoning, and decide when the weather or the group means turning back.
Pilates Instructor
Pilates instructors teach mat and reformer classes that build strength, flexibility and body awareness in the people they work with.
Professional Cricketer
Professional cricketers play the game for a living at state, national or international level, in a job built around training, travel and match days.
Professional Footballer
A professional footballer is paid by a club to train and play through a season, and the performance on match day is what keeps the contract.
Professional Golfer
Professional golfers make a living from the game, whether that comes from tournament play, coaching at a club, or a mix of both.
Racehorse Trainer
Racehorse trainers prepare thoroughbreds for racing, planning each horse's training, feed and race schedule so it stays sound and runs to its ability.
Racing Handicapper
A racing handicapper sets the weights horses carry in a race, using form and ratings so that runners of different ability meet on competitive terms.
Racing Steward
A racing steward supervises race meetings and decides what happens when the rules of racing are broken.
Rafting Guide
Rafting guides take groups down whitewater rivers, steering the raft and keeping everyone safe from put-in to take-out.
Recreation Officer
Recreation officers plan and run the community programs and events that get people active, from school holiday activities to inclusive sport sessions.
Sailing Instructor
Sailing instructors teach people to handle a boat safely, from a first dinghy lesson through to racing a keelboat.
Ski Instructor
Ski instructors teach snowsports technique to guests of all ages at alpine resorts, mostly through the Australian snow season.
Ski Patroller
Ski patrollers keep the runs safe and get injured skiers off the mountain, checking snow stability, marking hazards and running rescues.
Sports Administrator
Sports administrators keep clubs, associations and recreation facilities running by managing memberships, facilities, budgets and events.
Sports Centre Manager
Sports centre managers run the day-to-day operations of a sports or recreation facility, keeping programs staffed, courts and pools in use and the site safe.
Sports Coach
Sports coaches plan and run the training that helps athletes and teams improve, then make the tactical calls that put that training to use on competition day.
Sports Scientist
Sports scientists measure how athletes respond to training and turn that evidence into programs that improve performance and reduce injury risk.
Sports Umpire
Sports umpires apply the laws of their game during competition and make the calls that keep a match fair, safe and moving.
Stablehand
Stablehands feed, groom, exercise and stable horses, so the animals stay healthy and ready for racing, breeding or competition.
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Strength and conditioning coaches design and run the physical training that builds an athlete's speed, power and durability and lowers their risk of injury.
Surfing Instructor
Surfing instructors teach people to paddle out, stand up and stay safe in the surf, usually in group lessons run by a surf school.
Tennis Coach
Tennis coaches teach players how to hit, move and compete, and most of the work happens on court, one lesson at a time.
Track Rider
Track riders ride racehorses in early morning trackwork, building a horse's fitness and telling the trainer how it felt and handled.