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Job Description

Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with disabilities or developmental delays.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1122.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 83,730.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 40.00
• Currently, there are 118,070 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Occupational Therapists”.

Also Known As…

• Occupational Therapists
• Staff Therapist
• Staff Occupational Therapist
• Rehabilitation Supervisor
• Registered Occupational Therapist
• Pediatric Occupational Therapist
• Occupational Therapy Co-Director
• Occupational Therapist (OT)
• Industrial Rehabilitation Consultant
• Early Intervention Occupational Therapist
• Vocational Trainer
• Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist
• Rehabilitation Engineer
• Job Trainer
• Industrial Therapist
• Independent Living Specialist
• Assistive Technology Trainer

Tasks for “Assistive Technology Trainer”

• Train caregivers how to provide for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
• Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.
• Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.
• Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital, institutional, or community settings to help rehabilitate those impaired because of illness, injury or psychological or developmental problems.
• Develop and participate in health promotion programs, group activities, or discussions to promote client health, facilitate social adjustment, alleviate stress, and prevent physical or mental disability.
• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
• Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
• Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills, using computer programs.
• Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.

Related Technology & Tools

• Pulleys
• Orthotics
• Goniometers
• Personal digital assistants PDA
• Drill presses
• Weights
• Mechanical stethoscopes
• Joy sticks
• Single-cut mill saw files
• Braille printers
• Trackballs
• Computer switch interfaces
• Wheeled walkers
• Voice output communication aids
• Exercise balls
• Power drills
• Portable scanning pens
• Resistive exercise bands
• Tongue switches
• Electronic blood pressure units
• Switch use tools
• Electric wheelchairs
• Adjustable beds
• Lathes
• Lift chairs
• Video cameras
• Trackpads
• Splints
• Hoists
• Scooters
• Power sanders
• Electric knives
• Sewing machines
• Laptop computers
• Wobble switches
• Saws
• Wheelchairs
• Manual blood pressure cuffs
• Alternative computer keyboards
• Soldering irons
• Video magnifiers
• Personal computers
• Looms
• Gait and transfer belts
• Pressure care garments
• Adaptive cutlery

• Synapse Adaptive Connect Outloud
• Duxbury Braille Translator
• Special education educational software
• Rehab Documentation Company ReDoc Suite
• Spreadsheet software
• Word processing software
• OpenOffice WRITER
• Science educational software
• Physical education educational software
• Social studies educational software
• Email software
• Text reader software
• Speech recognition software
• Screen reader software
• HMS
• Screen magnification software
• Text to speech software
• Casamba Smart
• Text scanning software
• Microsoft Office
• Tactile graphic production kits software
• Math educational software
• Microsoft Excel
• BillingTracker
• Language arts educational software
• Crick Software Clicker 4
• Internet browser software
• Music software
• FileMaker Pro
• Lexrotech LxPediatric
• Mayer-Johnson Boardmaker
• Microsoft Word
• Computer drawing software