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