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Job Description
Evaluate and advise individuals to assist recovery from or avoid athletic-related injuries or illnesses, or maintain peak physical fitness. May provide first aid or emergency care.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-9091.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 47,880.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 0.00
- Currently, there are 24,130 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Athletic Trainers”.
Also Known As…
- Athletic Trainers
- Sports Medicine Coordinator
- Resident Athletic Trainer
- Head Athletic Trainer/Strength Coach
- Head Athletic Trainer
- Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer
- Clinical Instructor
- Certified Athletic Trainer
- Athletic Trainer
- Athletic Instructor
- Assistant Athletic Trainer
- Sports Trainer
- Sports Medicine Trainer
- Sports Athletic Trainer
- Physical Trainer
- Fitness Specialist
- Clinical Athletic Instructor
Tasks for “Certified Athletic Trainer”
- File athlete insurance claims and communicate with insurance providers.
- Massage body parts to relieve soreness, strains, or bruises.
- Evaluate athletes' readiness to play and provide participation clearances when necessary and warranted.
- Lead stretching exercises for team members prior to games or practices.
- Plan or implement comprehensive athletic injury or illness prevention programs.
- Perform team support duties, such as running errands, maintaining equipment, or stocking supplies.
- Apply protective or injury preventive devices, such as tape, bandages, or braces, to body parts, such as ankles, fingers, or wrists.
- Recommend special diets to improve athletes' health, increase their stamina, or alter their weight.
- Instruct coaches, athletes, parents, medical personnel, or community members in the care and prevention of athletic injuries.
- Advise athletes on the proper use of equipment.
- Conduct an initial assessment of an athlete's injury or illness to provide emergency or continued care and to determine whether they should be referred to physicians for definitive diagnosis and treatment.
- Conduct research or provide instruction on subject matter related to athletic training or sports medicine.
- Develop training programs or routines designed to improve athletic performance.
- Care for athletic injuries, using physical therapy equipment, techniques, or medication.
- Perform general administrative tasks, such as keeping records or writing reports.
- Inspect playing fields to locate any items that could injure players.
- Collaborate with physicians to develop and implement comprehensive rehabilitation programs for athletic injuries.
- Teach sports medicine courses to athletic training students.
- Travel with athletic teams to be available at sporting events.
- Assess and report the progress of recovering athletes to coaches or physicians.
- Confer with coaches to select protective equipment.
- Accompany injured athletes to hospitals.
Related Technology & Tools
- Biofeedback equipment
- Muscle strength dynamometers
- Parallel bars
- Tilt tables
- Swiss exercise balls
- Exercise bicycles
- Elliptical trainers
- Sports helmets
- Cervical traction units
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Upper extremity braces
- Free weights
- Lower extremity braces
- Exercise tubing
- Walking canes
- Knee immobilizers
- Exercise bands
- Mouth guards
- Desktop computers
- Vacuum splints
- Weight machines
- Heat therapy equipment
- Stair climbing machines
- Personal computers
- Emergency response stretchers
- Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
- Goniometers
- Spinal immobilization equipment
- One-way valve pocket masks
- Sling psychrometers
- Automated blood pressure cuffs
- Cold therapy equipment
- Rowing machines
- Neck braces
- Two way radios
- Face shields
- Body-fat calipers
- Medical scales
- Therapeutic ultrasound equipment
- Air splints
- Lumbar traction units
- Laptop computers
- Pulse oximeters
- Exercise treadmills
- Medical examination protective gloves
- Hydrocollator heating units
- Fixed splints
- Whirlpool therapy baths
- Traction splints
- Oxygen administration equipment
- Crutches
- Therapeutic paraffin baths
- Microsoft Word
- Premier Software Simtrak Mobility
- Word processing software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Scheduling software
- Microsoft Excel
- BioEx Systems Exercise Pro
- Database software
- ImPACT
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Office
- Email software
- Digital Coach AthleticTrainer
- Keffer Development Services Athletic Trainer System ATS
- Injury tracking software
- Web browser software