AI exposure: Amusement and Recreation Attendants
Perform a variety of attending duties at amusement or recreation facility. May schedule use of recreation facilities, maintain and provide equipment to participants of sporting events or recreational pursuits, or operate amusement concessions and rides.
Reading this score
computed38.2% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts Amusement and Recreation Attendants at the 67th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 2.3 out of 4 on what a current system can produce, and the frictions that hold other jobs in place are comparatively weak here.
No single friction dominates this occupation. The strongest is context at 1.44 out of 3 and the weakest is accountability at 0.62, which is a narrow spread. Where nothing structural stands in the way, exposure tracks capability almost directly, and capability is the thing that changes every quarter.
The most exposed thing this job does is Direct patrons to rides, seats, or attractions, at 80.0%. The least is Clean sporting equipment, vehicles, rides, booths, facilities, or grounds, at 0.0%. A gap of 80.0% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.
Within personal care and service occupations, this one is more exposed than most. The median across the 31 roles in the group is 23.4%, and only 4 of them score higher than this. Occupational families are not uniform, and the spread inside them is often wider than the gap between them.
What would move this score. Of 17 tasks, 11 are currently banded exposed, 1 assisted and 5 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take capability alone, since there is little structural friction here to slow adoption once a system can do the work. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.
Task by task
17 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct patrons to rides, seats, or attractions. | 80.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 3.74 | exposed |
| Schedule the use of recreation facilities, such as golf courses, tennis courts, bowling alleys, or softball diamonds. | 80.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 3.04 | exposed |
| Record details of attendance, sales, receipts, reservations, or repair activities. | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 3.68 | exposed |
| Announce or describe amusement park attractions to patrons to entice customers to games and other entertainment. | 55.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 3.34 | exposed |
| Provide information about facilities, entertainment options, and rules and regulations. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 4.10 | exposed |
| Verify, collect, or punch tickets before admitting patrons to venues, such as amusement parks and rides. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 3.55 | exposed |
| Operate, drive, or explain the use of mechanical riding devices or other automatic equipment in amusement parks, carnivals, or recreation areas. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 2.64 | exposed |
| Keep informed of shut-down and emergency evacuation procedures. | 33.3% | 16.7% | 50.0% | 3.90 | exposed |
| Sell tickets and collect fees from customers. | 30.0% | 20.0% | 50.0% | 4.13 | exposed |
| Maintain inventories of equipment, storing and retrieving items and assembling and disassembling equipment as necessary. | 30.0% | 20.0% | 50.0% | 3.52 | exposed |
| Sell and serve refreshments to customers. | 30.0% | 20.0% | 50.0% | 2.93 | exposed |
| Monitor activities to ensure adherence to rules and safety procedures, or arrange for the removal of unruly patrons. | 29.2% | 33.3% | 37.5% | 3.72 | assisted |
| Rent, sell, or issue sporting equipment and supplies, such as bowling shoes, golf balls, swimming suits, or beach chairs. | 23.8% | 13.8% | 62.5% | 2.80 | untouched |
| Fasten safety devices for patrons, or provide them with directions for fastening devices. | 18.8% | 18.8% | 62.5% | 3.52 | untouched |
| Inspect equipment to detect wear and damage and perform minor repairs, adjustments, or maintenance tasks, such as oiling parts. | 13.3% | 11.7% | 75.0% | 3.62 | untouched |
| Provide assistance to patrons entering or exiting amusement rides, boats, or ski lifts, or mounting or dismounting animals. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 3.66 | untouched |
| Clean sporting equipment, vehicles, rides, booths, facilities, or grounds. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 3.63 | untouched |
Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.
Where the score comes from
judgedEvery task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.
| Dimension | Mean | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 2.26 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 1.24 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 1.29 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 0.62 | 0-3 |
| Context | 1.44 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 0.94 | 0-3 |
What this means in practice
Where most of a role's weighted task load is exposed, the work that survives is usually the part of the job nobody wrote into the job description: deciding what should be produced rather than producing it, and being answerable for the result. The tasks lowest on this page are a better guide to where to spend your time than any general advice about the future of work.
Occupations either side of this one
The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.
Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.