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