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