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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”

• 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.
• 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.
• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• 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.
• Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.
• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
• Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.
• 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.
• 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.
• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills, using computer programs.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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