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