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