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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
• Industrial Therapist
• Independent Living Specialist

Tasks for “Job Trainer”

• 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.
• Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.
• 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.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• 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.
• 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.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.
• 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.
• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.
• 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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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