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