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