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