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