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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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