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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
- Physical Trainer
- Fitness Specialist
- Clinical Athletic Instructor
Tasks for “Sports Athletic Trainer”
- Perform general administrative tasks, such as keeping records or writing reports.
- Lead stretching exercises for team members prior to games or practices.
- Plan or implement comprehensive athletic injury or illness prevention programs.
- Evaluate athletes' readiness to play and provide participation clearances when necessary and warranted.
- Care for athletic injuries, using physical therapy equipment, techniques, or medication.
- Collaborate with physicians to develop and implement comprehensive rehabilitation programs for athletic injuries.
- 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.
- Apply protective or injury preventive devices, such as tape, bandages, or braces, to body parts, such as ankles, fingers, or wrists.
- Advise athletes on the proper use of equipment.
- Massage body parts to relieve soreness, strains, or bruises.
- Develop training programs or routines designed to improve athletic performance.
- Perform team support duties, such as running errands, maintaining equipment, or stocking supplies.
- Accompany injured athletes to hospitals.
- Travel with athletic teams to be available at sporting events.
- Instruct coaches, athletes, parents, medical personnel, or community members in the care and prevention of athletic injuries.
- Inspect playing fields to locate any items that could injure players.
- Recommend special diets to improve athletes' health, increase their stamina, or alter their weight.
- Teach sports medicine courses to athletic training students.
- Assess and report the progress of recovering athletes to coaches or physicians.
- Conduct research or provide instruction on subject matter related to athletic training or sports medicine.
- File athlete insurance claims and communicate with insurance providers.
- Confer with coaches to select protective equipment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Tilt tables
- Personal computers
- Free weights
- Cervical traction units
- Laptop computers
- Muscle strength dynamometers
- Whirlpool therapy baths
- Weight machines
- Therapeutic paraffin baths
- Lower extremity braces
- Hydrocollator heating units
- Sling psychrometers
- Parallel bars
- Cold therapy equipment
- Face shields
- Heat therapy equipment
- Crutches
- Sports helmets
- Traction splints
- Goniometers
- One-way valve pocket masks
- Emergency response stretchers
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Biofeedback equipment
- Swiss exercise balls
- Elliptical trainers
- Desktop computers
- Medical scales
- Knee immobilizers
- Automated blood pressure cuffs
- Vacuum splints
- Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
- Medical examination protective gloves
- Mouth guards
- Exercise bicycles
- Rowing machines
- Exercise tubing
- Walking canes
- Air splints
- Neck braces
- Upper extremity braces
- Exercise treadmills
- Lumbar traction units
- Pulse oximeters
- Fixed splints
- Body-fat calipers
- Oxygen administration equipment
- Therapeutic ultrasound equipment
- Stair climbing machines
- Two way radios
- Exercise bands
- Spinal immobilization equipment
- Injury tracking software
- BioEx Systems Exercise Pro
- Word processing software
- Scheduling software
- Microsoft Word
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- ImPACT
- Digital Coach AthleticTrainer
- Keffer Development Services Athletic Trainer System ATS
- Web browser software
- Premier Software Simtrak Mobility
- Database software
- Email software