The Sims 4 Careers: Park Worker

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Overview

The Park Worker career in The Sims 4 lets your Sims embrace the great outdoors. Starting as a Cabin Cleaner, progress through multiple levels before choosing to specialize as a Park Counselor or Park Ranger. This career is unique because shifts last multiple in-game days, offering higher pay per shift and rewarding nature-focused skills. Whether your Sim prefers guiding campers or protecting nature, the Park Worker path offers a rich career journey full of outdoor activities, new interactions, and career rewards.

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About the Park Worker career in The Sims 4

The Park Worker career comes with The Sims 4 Adventure Awaits Expansion Pack and has two career branches:
  • Park Counselor
  • Park Ranger
To join this career, select Find a Job from the phone or computer and choose Park Worker.This career works similarly to other rabbit hole careers, except in this case, Sims will leave for work and can be gone for multiple days at a time. During this time, your Sim’s needs will be taken care of (although Chance Cards can change this!). If you have a Toddler, Infant, or Newborn Sim, you’ll have the option to hire a Nanny or send them to Daycare.  Teen Sims can join this career on a part-time basis up to level 5. Once they reach level 5, they can’t get promoted again until they age up to a Young Adult.
For more help with careers and promotions in The Sims 4, check out our careers guide.

Park Worker career tasks

To get a promotion in this career, your Sim needs to complete career tasks. These tasks change depending on your Sim’s rank in the career. To check what tasks your Sim needs to complete, open the Career Panel (the briefcase icon in the bottom right of the screen) in Live Mode.

Park Worker career ranks

Here’s a breakdown of all ranks of the Park Worker career.Shifts for this career span multiple days, which is reflected in the pay. Instead of being paid per day like other careers, your Sim will be paid per shift.
  1. 1
    Cabin Cleaner
    • Pay per shift: §308
    • Promotion requirements: Practice Outdoor Activities, reach Handiness skill level 2, reach level 2 of any Outdoor skill 
    • Career rewards and new interactions: None
  2. 2
    Event Helper 
    • Pay per shift: §484 
    • Promotion requirements: Practice Outdoor Activities, reach Fitness skill level 3
    • Career rewards and new interactions: §144
  3. 3
    Cabin Leader
    • Pay per shift: §968
    • Promotion requirements: Practice Outdoor Activities, reach Handiness skill level 3, reach level 3 of any Outdoor Activity skill
    • Career rewards and new interactions: §200, New Hat in Create a Sim
  4. 4
    Activity Instructor
    • Pay per shift: §1,936
    • Promotion requirements: Practice Outdoor Activities, reach Fitness skill level 4, reach level 4 of any Outdoor Activity skill 
    • Career rewards and new interactions: §265, Prepare for Outdoor Activities Interaction
  5. 5
    Group Counselor
    • Pay per shift: §2,420
    • Promotion requirements: Practice Outdoor Activities, reach Charisma skill level 4, reach Logic skill level 4
    • Career rewards and new interactions: §672
  6. 6
    Wilderness Safety Guide
    • Pay per shift: §4,828
    • Promotion requirements: Practice Outdoor Activities, reach Handiness skill level 4, reach Logic skill level 5 
    • Career rewards and new interactions: §864, Study Park Lore Interaction
  7. 7
    Event Coordinator
    • Pay per shift: §6,052
    • Promotion requirements: Practice Outdoor Activities, reach Charisma skill level 5, reach level Handiness skill level 5
    • Career rewards and new interactions: §1,248, Tell Park Myth Interaction
When your Sim is promoted to rank 8, you’ll choose between the Park Counselor or Park Ranger career path.

Park Worker career promotion cheats

Using this cheat promotes your Sim by one rank in the Park Worker career. You can use it multiple times to reach the top of the career path.
  1. 1
    Select Control + Shift + C to open the cheat dialogue box. 
  2. 2
    Type testingcheats true and select Enter to turn on cheats. 
  3. 3
    Type careers.promote parkworker into the cheat dialogue box and select Enter.
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