Sportspersons nec
What the work is
This is the official catch-all entry for sportspersons not listed separately. Tasks vary, so look at the related occupations below for what similar work involves.
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a professional football club's training base and a regional golf course, in a fictional state. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A training session where the passing is crisp and the whole squad is laughing
- A good round on a hard course that you built shot by shot
- A young fan asks for a signature and you remember being that kid
Hard days
- A bad run of form, with everyone watching and no place to hide
- Sitting out injured while your teammates play
- Travelling for days on end, living in hotels and missing your own family and friends
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 462699, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.