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