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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”
- Inspect playing fields to locate any items that could injure players.
- Evaluate athletes' readiness to play and provide participation clearances when necessary and warranted.
- Conduct research or provide instruction on subject matter related to athletic training or sports medicine.
- Massage body parts to relieve soreness, strains, or bruises.
- Teach sports medicine courses to athletic training students.
- 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.
- Travel with athletic teams to be available at sporting events.
- Apply protective or injury preventive devices, such as tape, bandages, or braces, to body parts, such as ankles, fingers, or wrists.
- Care for athletic injuries, using physical therapy equipment, techniques, or medication.
- Assess and report the progress of recovering athletes to coaches or physicians.
- Collaborate with physicians to develop and implement comprehensive rehabilitation programs for athletic injuries.
- Perform general administrative tasks, such as keeping records or writing reports.
- Instruct coaches, athletes, parents, medical personnel, or community members in the care and prevention of athletic injuries.
- Accompany injured athletes to hospitals.
- Recommend special diets to improve athletes' health, increase their stamina, or alter their weight.
- Plan or implement comprehensive athletic injury or illness prevention programs.
- Lead stretching exercises for team members prior to games or practices.
- Perform team support duties, such as running errands, maintaining equipment, or stocking supplies.
- Advise athletes on the proper use of equipment.
- File athlete insurance claims and communicate with insurance providers.
- Develop training programs or routines designed to improve athletic performance.
- Confer with coaches to select protective equipment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Elliptical trainers
- Spinal immobilization equipment
- Muscle strength dynamometers
- Sling psychrometers
- Medical scales
- Rowing machines
- Free weights
- Stair climbing machines
- Exercise tubing
- Tilt tables
- Parallel bars
- Walking canes
- Goniometers
- Neck braces
- Swiss exercise balls
- Knee immobilizers
- Face shields
- Oxygen administration equipment
- Upper extremity braces
- Exercise bands
- Automated blood pressure cuffs
- Sports helmets
- Two way radios
- Fixed splints
- Emergency response stretchers
- Desktop computers
- Vacuum splints
- Cold therapy equipment
- Therapeutic ultrasound equipment
- Exercise bicycles
- Weight machines
- Laptop computers
- Body-fat calipers
- Mouth guards
- Biofeedback equipment
- Crutches
- Hydrocollator heating units
- Cervical traction units
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Lower extremity braces
- Whirlpool therapy baths
- Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
- Heat therapy equipment
- Personal computers
- Therapeutic paraffin baths
- Exercise treadmills
- One-way valve pocket masks
- Lumbar traction units
- Medical examination protective gloves
- Pulse oximeters
- Traction splints
- Air splints
- BioEx Systems Exercise Pro
- Microsoft Excel
- Scheduling software
- Microsoft Word
- Keffer Development Services Athletic Trainer System ATS
- Word processing software
- Spreadsheet software
- Web browser software
- Digital Coach AthleticTrainer
- Microsoft Office
- Database software
- Injury tracking software
- ImPACT
- Premier Software Simtrak Mobility
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Email software