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Job Description

Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with disabilities or developmental delays.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1122.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 83,730.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 40.00
• Currently, there are 118,070 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Occupational Therapists”.

Also Known As…

• Occupational Therapists
• Staff Therapist
• Staff Occupational Therapist
• Rehabilitation Supervisor
• Registered Occupational Therapist
• Pediatric Occupational Therapist
• Occupational Therapy Co-Director
• Occupational Therapist (OT)
• Industrial Rehabilitation Consultant
• Early Intervention Occupational Therapist
• Assistive Technology Trainer
• Vocational Trainer
• Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist
• Rehabilitation Engineer
• Job Trainer
• Independent Living Specialist

Tasks for “Industrial Therapist”

• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
• Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.
• Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital, institutional, or community settings to help rehabilitate those impaired because of illness, injury or psychological or developmental problems.
• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
• Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
• Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.
• Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.
• Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills, using computer programs.
• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
• Develop and participate in health promotion programs, group activities, or discussions to promote client health, facilitate social adjustment, alleviate stress, and prevent physical or mental disability.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• Train caregivers how to provide for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.

Related Technology & Tools

• Electronic blood pressure units
• Manual blood pressure cuffs
• Braille printers
• Gait and transfer belts
• Personal digital assistants PDA
• Resistive exercise bands
• Mechanical stethoscopes
• Adaptive cutlery
• Scooters
• Electric wheelchairs
• Trackballs
• Voice output communication aids
• Hoists
• Alternative computer keyboards
• Drill presses
• Joy sticks
• Sewing machines
• Weights
• Computer switch interfaces
• Trackpads
• Looms
• Video cameras
• Wheeled walkers
• Adjustable beds
• Lathes
• Exercise balls
• Laptop computers
• Power sanders
• Saws
• Video magnifiers
• Wheelchairs
• Splints
• Soldering irons
• Single-cut mill saw files
• Personal computers
• Electric knives
• Orthotics
• Tongue switches
• Portable scanning pens
• Goniometers
• Wobble switches
• Pulleys
• Power drills
• Lift chairs
• Pressure care garments
• Switch use tools

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• Duxbury Braille Translator
• Mayer-Johnson Boardmaker
• Screen magnification software
• BillingTracker
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• Lexrotech LxPediatric
• Computer drawing software
• Science educational software
• OpenOffice WRITER
• Social studies educational software
• Word processing software
• Text reader software
• Microsoft Office
• Music software
• Internet browser software
• Spreadsheet software
• Text to speech software
• Text scanning software
• Tactile graphic production kits software
• HMS
• Email software
• Crick Software Clicker 4
• Language arts educational software
• Casamba Smart
• Special education educational software
• Microsoft Excel
• Synapse Adaptive Connect Outloud
• Screen reader software
• Physical education educational software
• Speech recognition software
• Microsoft Word