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