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Athletic Trainers

Evaluate and treat musculoskeletal injuries or illnesses. Provide preventive, therapeutic, emergency, and rehabilitative care.

Career Cluster:Arts, Entertainment, & Design
Job Family:Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
Job Zone:Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
STEM:Research, Development, Design, and Practitioners
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Key Tasks

  • 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.
  • Care for athletic injuries, using physical therapy equipment, techniques, or medication.
  • Evaluate athletes' readiness to play and provide participation clearances when necessary and warranted.
  • Perform general administrative tasks, such as keeping records or writing reports.
  • Clean and sanitize athletic training rooms.
  • 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.
  • Travel with athletic teams to be available at sporting events.
  • Plan or implement comprehensive athletic injury or illness prevention programs.
  • Inspect playing fields to locate any items that could injure players.
  • Advise athletes on the proper use of equipment.
  • File athlete insurance claims and communicate with insurance providers.
  • Confer with coaches to select protective equipment.
  • Develop training programs or routines designed to improve athletic performance.
  • Massage body parts to relieve soreness, strains, or bruises.
  • Accompany injured athletes to hospitals.
  • Lead stretching exercises for team members prior to games or practices.
  • Teach sports medicine courses to athletic training students.
  • Conduct research or provide instruction on subject matter related to athletic training or sports medicine.
  • Recommend special diets to improve athletes' health, increase their stamina, or alter their weight.
  • Perform team support duties, such as running errands, maintaining equipment, or stocking supplies.
  • Develop emergency action plans for sports facilities.

Skills

Active Listening
75%
Speaking
72%
Monitoring
72%
Critical Thinking
72%
Judgment and Decision Making
72%
Reading Comprehension
69%
Active Learning
69%
Social Perceptiveness
69%
Instructing
66%
Service Orientation
66%
Writing
63%
Time Management
56%
Complex Problem Solving
56%
Coordination
53%
Learning Strategies
53%
Persuasion
50%
Systems Analysis
47%
Management of Personnel Resources
47%
Systems Evaluation
47%
Negotiation
44%
Operations Monitoring
44%
Quality Control Analysis
44%
Science
35%
Mathematics
28%
Operations Analysis
28%
Troubleshooting
25%
Operation and Control
25%
Management of Material Resources
22%
Management of Financial Resources
22%
Technology Design
22%
Equipment Selection
16%
Programming
6%
Equipment Maintenance
6%
Repairing
0%
Installation
0%

Knowledge

Medicine and Dentistry
91%
Customer and Personal Service
84%
Psychology
79%
Therapy and Counseling
72%
English Language
68%
Education and Training
66%
Public Safety and Security
56%
Administrative
55%
Biology
54%
Administration and Management
53%
Sociology and Anthropology
47%
Computers and Electronics
45%
Personnel and Human Resources
40%
Mathematics
34%
Law and Government
32%
Physics
31%
Chemistry
27%
Communications and Media
25%
Mechanical
23%
Sales and Marketing
21%
Production and Processing
21%
Transportation
21%
Philosophy and Theology
20%
Design
17%
Engineering and Technology
16%
Economics and Accounting
13%
Geography
11%
Telecommunications
10%
Foreign Language
9%
Food Production
9%
Building and Construction
9%
Fine Arts
2%
History and Archeology
0%

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Abilities

Problem Sensitivity
78%
Oral Expression
75%
Speech Clarity
72%
Speech Recognition
72%
Written Comprehension
72%
Deductive Reasoning
69%
Inductive Reasoning
69%
Information Ordering
69%
Written Expression
69%
Oral Comprehension
66%
Near Vision
60%
Fluency of Ideas
53%
Multilimb Coordination
53%
Flexibility of Closure
53%
Originality
53%
Far Vision
50%
Arm-Hand Steadiness
50%
Category Flexibility
50%
Static Strength
50%
Finger Dexterity
50%
Selective Attention
50%
Manual Dexterity
50%
Perceptual Speed
47%
Stamina
47%
Trunk Strength
47%
Memorization
44%
Visualization
44%
Time Sharing
44%
Speed of Closure
44%
Auditory Attention
41%
Hearing Sensitivity
41%
Gross Body Coordination
41%
Dynamic Strength
38%
Visual Color Discrimination
38%
Depth Perception
35%
Control Precision
35%
Extent Flexibility
28%
Mathematical Reasoning
25%
Explosive Strength
25%
Gross Body Equilibrium
25%
Number Facility
25%
Speed of Limb Movement
22%
Wrist-Finger Speed
22%
Response Orientation
19%
Dynamic Flexibility
16%
Reaction Time
10%
Rate Control
10%
Night Vision
0%
Sound Localization
0%
Peripheral Vision
0%
Spatial Orientation
0%
Glare Sensitivity
0%

Work Activities

Documenting/Recording Information
97%
Assisting and Caring for Others
97%
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
91%
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
81%
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
79%
Thinking Creatively
75%
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
75%
Getting Information
73%
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
70%
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
68%
Performing General Physical Activities
67%
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
65%
Coaching and Developing Others
63%
Scheduling Work and Activities
62%
Developing Objectives and Strategies
61%
Performing Administrative Activities
59%
Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People
58%
Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
58%
Communicating with People Outside the Organization
56%
Working with Computers
55%
Training and Teaching Others
55%
Processing Information
53%
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
52%
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
51%
Developing and Building Teams
50%
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
50%
Analyzing Data or Information
48%
Providing Consultation and Advice to Others
45%
Handling and Moving Objects
43%
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
43%
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
42%
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
41%
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
40%
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
37%
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
20%
Staffing Organizational Units
19%
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
19%
Controlling Machines and Processes
18%
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
18%
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
17%
Selling or Influencing Others
15%

Work Context

Duration of Typical Work Week

Number of hours typically worked in one week.

100%

Contact With Others

How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?

97%

Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams

How frequently does your job require face-to-face discussions with individuals and within teams?

97%

Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team

How important is it to work with or contribute to a work group or team in this job?

95%

E-Mail

How frequently does your job require you to use E-mail?

93%

Frequency of Decision Making

How often is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?

92%

Indoors, Environmentally Controlled

How often does this job require working indoors in an environmentally controlled environment (like a warehouse with air conditioning)?

90%

Freedom to Make Decisions

How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?

86%

Health and Safety of Other Workers

How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?

86%

Telephone Conversations

How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?

85%

Importance of Being Exact or Accurate

How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?

83%

Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results

What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?

82%

Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions

How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?

80%

Physical Proximity

To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks physically close to other people?

77%

Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals

How much freedom does the worker have in determining the tasks, priorities, or goals of the job?

76%

Deal With External Customers or the Public in General

How important is it to deal with external customers (as in retail sales) or the public in general (as in police work) in this job?

74%

Written Letters and Memos

How frequently does your job require written letters and memos?

73%

Consequence of Error

How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not easily correctable?

72%

Exposed to Disease or Infections

How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections?

72%

Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable

How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?

72%

Level of Competition

To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures?

71%

Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People

How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements?

66%

Importance of Repeating Same Tasks

How important are continuous, repetitive, physical activities (like key entry) or mental activities (like checking entries in a ledger) to performing this job?

66%

Conflict Situations

How frequently are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?

65%

Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities

How important is it to coordinate or lead others (not as a supervisor or team leader) in accomplishing work activities in this job?

65%

Spend Time Standing

How much does this job require standing?

65%

Time Pressure

How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?

65%

Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers

How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?

64%

Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled

How often does this job require working in an environment that is not environmentally controlled (like a warehouse without air conditioning)?

61%

Public Speaking

How frequently does your job require public speaking (one speaker with an audience)?

60%

Exposed to Very Hot or Cold Temperatures

How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures?

53%

Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls

How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?

50%

Outdoors, Under Cover

How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (like in an open shed)?

46%

Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings

How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings?

44%

Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions

How much does this job require making repetitive motions?

43%

In an Enclosed Vehicle or Operate Enclosed Equipment

How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or operate enclosed equipment (like a car)?

42%

Spend Time Walking or Running

How much does this job require walking or running?

41%

Spend Time Sitting

How much does this job require sitting?

40%

Exposed to Contaminants

How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?

39%

Exposed to Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions

How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions?

33%

Dealing with Violent or Physically Aggressive People

How frequently does this job require the worker to deal with physical aggression of violent individuals?

32%

Exposed to Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting Conditions

How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions?

32%

In an Open Vehicle or Operating Equipment

How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or operating equipment (like a tractor)?

32%

Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body

How much does this job require bending or twisting your body?

31%

Degree of Automation

How automated is the job?

29%

Work Schedules

How regular are the work schedules for this job?

25%

Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling

How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling?

24%

Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets

How often does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hearing protection, hard hats or life-jackets?

22%

Exposed to High Places

How often does this job require exposure to high places?

21%

Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance

How much does this job require keeping or regaining your balance?

17%

Exposed to Hazardous Equipment

How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment?

12%

Exposed to Hazardous Conditions

How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions?

9%

Exposed to Whole Body Vibration

How often does this job require exposure to whole body vibration (like operating a jackhammer or earth moving equipment)?

9%

Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment

How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.)

7%

Exposed to Radiation

How often does this job require exposure to radiation?

6%

Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles

How much does this job require climbing ladders, scaffolds, poles, etc.?

6%

Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection

How often does this job require wearing specialized protective or safety equipment such as breathing apparatus, safety harness, full protection suits, or radiation protection?

0%

Education

Master's degree

54%

Bachelor's degree

37%

High school diploma or equivalent

8%

Interests

Social

Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.

78

Realistic

Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, t

76

Investigative

Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the f

57

Conventional

Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or hum

39

Enterprising

Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertis

21

Artistic

Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts,

2

Work Styles

Dependability
88%
Attention to Detail
84%
Cooperation
81%
Stress Tolerance
74%
Social Orientation
73%
Empathy
72%
Self-Control
71%
Integrity
69%
Achievement Orientation
63%
Adaptability
61%
Perseverance
60%
Optimism
58%
Self-Confidence
57%
Sincerity
57%
Cautiousness
55%
Initiative
49%
Intellectual Curiosity
45%
Leadership Orientation
45%
Tolerance for Ambiguity
44%
Humility
40%
Innovation
39%

Work Values

Achievement
83%
Relationships
83%
Independence
78%
Working Conditions
70%
Recognition
56%
Support
50%

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