Day Camp Counsellors
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Job description
These individuals plan, implement, and lead sports and recreational activities for groups of children. They provide them with continuous guidance and ensure their well-being and safety. They work for:
- Leisure centres
- Municipalities
- Private companies
- Community centres
- Outdoor centres and resorts
Environment
- Uncontrolled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Lead stimulating activities based on various themes.
- Ensure the integration and participation of children in activities.
- Take care of children with specific needs, as required.
- Plan and install the necessary equipment for sports and games.
- Work in collaboration with other camp counsellors.
- Collaborate with the parents of children.
- Take attendance and note absences during the day.
- Administer first aid or emergency care when needed.
Training and requirements
Formation
Sometimes required
- Training in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may be required.
- Experience in leading activities with children considered an asset.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Human resource management
- Judgment and decision-making
- Information processing
- Data collection
- Time management
- Teaching
- Solving complex problems
- Service oriented
- Equipment selection
- Quality control analysis
- Critical thought
- Coordination
- Operation analysis
- System analysis
- Reading comprehension
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Speech clarity
- Information organization
- Originality
- Control accuracy
- Perception speed
- Reaction time
- Auditory attention
- Limb coordination
- Selective attention
- Spatial orientation
- Time sharing
- Visualization
- Awareness of issues
- Memorization
- Idea generation
- Near vision
- Deductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Classification
- Peripheral vision
- Hearing sensitivity
- Distance vision
- Information processing speed
- Written comprehension
- Inductive reasoning
- Dynamic physical flexibility
- Overall balance of the body
- Sound origin identification
- Colour perception and distinction
- Overall coordination of the body
- Written expression
- Manual dexterity
- Digital dexterity
Knowledge and attributes
- Autonomy
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to adapt
- Capacity to work in a team
- Vitality
- Respect standards and regulations
- Creativity
- Friendliness
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Capacity to facilitate a group
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Work in the arts, culture, music, or leisure
- Create, design
- Exercer une activité sportive ou physique
- Work outdoors
- Teach or educate
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
Appellation d’emploi liée (à traduire)
Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness (CNP 54100)
Skill type
Art, culture, recreation and sport
Last update: January 29, 2026
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