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