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Job Description
Evaluate and advise individuals to assist recovery from or avoid athletic-related injuries or illnesses, or maintain peak physical fitness. May provide first aid or emergency care.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-9091.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 47,880.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 0.00
- Currently, there are 24,130 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Athletic Trainers”.
Also Known As…
- Athletic Trainers
- Sports Medicine Coordinator
- Resident Athletic Trainer
- Head Athletic Trainer/Strength Coach
- Head Athletic Trainer
- Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer
- Clinical Instructor
- Certified Athletic Trainer
- Athletic Trainer
- Athletic Instructor
- Assistant Athletic Trainer
- Sports Trainer
- Sports Medicine Trainer
- Sports Athletic Trainer
- Fitness Specialist
- Clinical Athletic Instructor
Tasks for “Physical Trainer”
- Conduct research or provide instruction on subject matter related to athletic training or sports medicine.
- Instruct coaches, athletes, parents, medical personnel, or community members in the care and prevention of athletic injuries.
- Plan or implement comprehensive athletic injury or illness prevention programs.
- Massage body parts to relieve soreness, strains, or bruises.
- Develop training programs or routines designed to improve athletic performance.
- Apply protective or injury preventive devices, such as tape, bandages, or braces, to body parts, such as ankles, fingers, or wrists.
- Teach sports medicine courses to athletic training students.
- Travel with athletic teams to be available at sporting events.
- Recommend special diets to improve athletes' health, increase their stamina, or alter their weight.
- Advise athletes on the proper use of equipment.
- Care for athletic injuries, using physical therapy equipment, techniques, or medication.
- Perform team support duties, such as running errands, maintaining equipment, or stocking supplies.
- Inspect playing fields to locate any items that could injure players.
- Accompany injured athletes to hospitals.
- Perform general administrative tasks, such as keeping records or writing reports.
- Lead stretching exercises for team members prior to games or practices.
- Assess and report the progress of recovering athletes to coaches or physicians.
- File athlete insurance claims and communicate with insurance providers.
- Evaluate athletes' readiness to play and provide participation clearances when necessary and warranted.
- Conduct an initial assessment of an athlete's injury or illness to provide emergency or continued care and to determine whether they should be referred to physicians for definitive diagnosis and treatment.
- Confer with coaches to select protective equipment.
- Collaborate with physicians to develop and implement comprehensive rehabilitation programs for athletic injuries.
Related Technology & Tools
- Vacuum splints
- Lower extremity braces
- Therapeutic paraffin baths
- Desktop computers
- Lumbar traction units
- Air splints
- Walking canes
- Hydrocollator heating units
- Personal computers
- Neck braces
- Free weights
- Swiss exercise balls
- Upper extremity braces
- Cervical traction units
- Parallel bars
- Heat therapy equipment
- Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
- Two way radios
- Fixed splints
- Automated blood pressure cuffs
- Biofeedback equipment
- Traction splints
- Stair climbing machines
- Knee immobilizers
- Spinal immobilization equipment
- Weight machines
- Crutches
- Whirlpool therapy baths
- Exercise bicycles
- Exercise treadmills
- Exercise bands
- Laptop computers
- Tilt tables
- Body-fat calipers
- Goniometers
- Face shields
- Medical examination protective gloves
- Oxygen administration equipment
- Therapeutic ultrasound equipment
- Pulse oximeters
- Sling psychrometers
- Muscle strength dynamometers
- Rowing machines
- Emergency response stretchers
- Exercise tubing
- Medical scales
- One-way valve pocket masks
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Mouth guards
- Elliptical trainers
- Sports helmets
- Cold therapy equipment
- Microsoft Word
- Web browser software
- Spreadsheet software
- Premier Software Simtrak Mobility
- Keffer Development Services Athletic Trainer System ATS
- Database software
- Scheduling software
- Digital Coach AthleticTrainer
- Email software
- ImPACT
- BioEx Systems Exercise Pro
- Injury tracking software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Office
- Word processing software