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