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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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