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