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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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