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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.
• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
• Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.
• 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.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
• 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.
• Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.
• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• 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.
• Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.
• 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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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