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