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