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