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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)
• Early Intervention Occupational Therapist
• Assistive Technology Trainer
• Vocational Trainer
• Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist
• Rehabilitation Engineer
• Job Trainer
• Industrial Therapist
• Industrial Rehabilitation Consultant
• Independent Living Specialist

Tasks for “Industrial Rehabilitation Consultant”

• Train caregivers how to provide for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.
• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
• Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.
• Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills, using computer programs.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.
• 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.
• 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.
• Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• 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.
• Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.
• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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