Career roadmap
How to become Coaches and Scouts
Median annual wage for Coaches and Scouts (27-2022) — BLS OEWS, May 2023.
What you would actually do
The tasks that make up the work of Coaches and Scouts, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Train others on performance techniques.
- Coordinate logistics for productions or events.
- Select staff, team members, or performers.
- Coach others.
- Maintain knowledge of laws or regulations.
- Coordinate athletic or sporting events or activities.
- Evaluate skills of athletes or performers.
- Provide educational information to the public.
The skills that actually carry the job
Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.
- Instructing4.8/5
- Speaking4.4/5
- Learning Strategies4.1/5
- Monitoring4.1/5
- Reading Comprehension4.0/5
- Active Listening4.0/5
- Critical Thinking4.0/5
- Social Perceptiveness4.0/5
- Judgment and Decision Making4.0/5
- Active Learning3.9/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix measured for Coaches and Scouts — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Social5.3/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Enterprising5.1/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
- Realistic4.3/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
- Conventional3.4/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Artistic2.4/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
- Investigative2.1/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
