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