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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 Rehabilitation Specialist
• Rehabilitation Engineer
• Job Trainer
• Industrial Therapist
• Independent Living Specialist

Tasks for “Vocational Trainer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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