Career profile for Athletic Equipment Manager

What does an Athletic Equipment Manager do?

Athletic Equipment Managers provide personal items to patrons or customers in locker rooms, dressing rooms, or coatrooms.

What kind of tasks does an Athletic Equipment Manager perform regularly?

Athletic Equipment Managers are often responsible for overseeing or executing some or all of the following tasks:

Provide towels and sheets to clients in public baths, steam rooms, and restrooms.
Check supplies to ensure adequate availability, and order new supplies when necessary.
Assign dressing room facilities, locker space, or clothing containers to patrons of athletic or bathing establishments.
Monitor patrons' facility use to ensure that rules and regulations are followed, and safety and order are maintained.
Clean facilities such as floors or locker rooms.
Refer guest problems or complaints to supervisors.
Answer customer inquiries or explain cost, availability, policies, and procedures of facilities.
Maintain a lost-and-found collection.

The above responsibilities are specific to Athletic Equipment Managers. More generally, Athletic Equipment Managers are involved in several broader types of activities:

Activities	Importance	Details
Getting Information		Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships		Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public		Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People		Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Performing General Physical Activities		Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.

Getting Information

Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships

Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

Performing for or Working Directly with the Public

Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.

Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People

Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.

Performing General Physical Activities

Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.

What is an Athletic Equipment Manager salary?

The median salary for an Athletic Equipment Manager is $26,700, and the average salary is $29,320. Both the median and average roughly describe the middle of the Athletic Equipment Manager salary range, but the average is more easily affected by extremely high or low salaries.

Many Athletic Equipment Managers earn significantly more or less than the average, due to several factors. About 10% of Athletic Equipment Managers earn less than $19,430 per year, 25% earn less than $22,170, 75% earn less than $33,120, and 90% earn less than $40,200.

Between the years of 2020 and 2030, the number of Athletic Equipment Managers is expected to change by 26.7%, and there should be roughly 3,200 open positions for Athletic Equipment Managers every year.

Median annual salary: $26,700
Typical salary range: $19,430 - $40,200
Projected growth (2020 - 2030): 26.7%

What personality traits are common among Athletic Equipment Managers?

Interests

Career interests describe a person's preferences for different types of working environments and activities. When a person's interest match the demands of an occupation, people are usually more engaged and satisfied in that role.

Compared to most occupations, those who work as an Athletic Equipment Manager are usually higher in their Social and Enterprising interests.

Athletic Equipment Managers typically have very strong Social interests. Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Also, Athletic Equipment Managers typically have moderate Enterprising interests. Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Values

People differ in their values, or what is most important to them for building job satisfaction and fulfillment.

Compared to most people, those working as an Athletic Equipment Manager tend to value Relationships, Support, and Independence.

Most importantly, Athletic Equipment Managers moderately value Relationships. Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment.

Second, Athletic Equipment Managers somewhat value Support. Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees.

Lastly, Athletic Equipment Managers somewhat value Independence. Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions.

Psychological Demands

Each occupation brings its own set of psychological demands, which describe the characteristics necessary to perform the job well.

In order to perform their job successfully, people who work as Athletic Equipment Managers must consistently demonstrate qualities such as self-control, dependability, and cooperation.

Below, you'll find a list of qualities typically required of Athletic Equipment Managers, ranked by importance:

Demands	Importance	Details
Self-Control		Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
Dependability		Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
Cooperation		Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
Attention to Detail		Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
Integrity		Job requires being honest and ethical.

Self-Control

Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.

Dependability

Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.

Cooperation

Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.

Attention to Detail

Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.

Integrity

Job requires being honest and ethical.

What education and training do Athletic Equipment Managers need?

Working as an Athletic Equipment Manager usually requires a high school diploma.

Athletic Equipment Managers need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with this occupation.

Educational degrees among Athletic Equipment Managers

6.0% did not complete high school or secondary school
27.7% completed high school or secondary school
26.8% completed some college coursework
8.7% earned a Associate's degree
24.3% earned a Bachelor's degree
5.7% earned a Master's degree
0.9% earned a doctorate or professional degree

Knowledge and expertise required by Athletic Equipment Managers

Athletic Equipment Managers may benefit from understanding of specialized subject areas, such as customer and personal service, public safety and security, or education and training knowledge.

The list below shows several areas in which most Athletic Equipment Managers might want to build proficiency, ranked by importance.

Knowledge areas	Importance	Details
Customer and Personal Service		Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Public Safety and Security		Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Education and Training		Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Sales and Marketing		Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
Administration and Management		Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Customer and Personal Service

Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Public Safety and Security

Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Education and Training

Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Sales and Marketing

Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

Administration and Management

Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Important Abilities needed by Athletic Equipment Managers

Athletic Equipment Managers must develop a particular set of abilities to perform their job well. Abilities are individual capacities that influence a person's information processing, sensory perception, motor coordination, and physical strength or endurance. Individuals may naturally have certain abilities without explicit training, but most abilities can be sharpened somewhat through practice.

For example, Athletic Equipment Managers need abilities such as speech recognition, oral comprehension, and speech clarity in order to perform their job at a high level. The list below shows several important abilities for Athletic Equipment Managers, ranked by their relative importance.

Abilities	Importance	Details
Speech Recognition		The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Oral Comprehension		The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Speech Clarity		The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Oral Expression		The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Problem Sensitivity		The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.

Speech Recognition

The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Oral Comprehension

The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Speech Clarity

The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

Oral Expression

The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Problem Sensitivity

The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.

Critical Skills needed by Athletic Equipment Managers

Skills are developed capacities that enable people to function effectively in real-world settings. Unlike abilities, skills are typically easier to build through practice and experience. Skills influence effectiveness in areas such as learning, working with others, design, troubleshooting, and more.

Athletic Equipment Managers frequently use skills like speaking, active listening, and service orientation to perform their job effectively. The list below shows several critical skills for Athletic Equipment Managers, ranked by their relative importance.

Skills	Importance	Details
Speaking		Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Active Listening		Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Service Orientation		Actively looking for ways to help people.
Social Perceptiveness		Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Monitoring		Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Speaking

Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Active Listening

Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Service Orientation

Actively looking for ways to help people.

Social Perceptiveness

Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Monitoring

Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

What is the source of this information?

The information provided on this page is adapted from data and descriptions published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration under the CC BY 4.0 license. TraitLab has modified some information for ease of use and reading, and the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment, and Training Administration has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.

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