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Occupational Therapy Aides

$37.06K Median Salary 900 Job Openings (Annual Projection) 20.7% Job Growth

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About This Career

Under close supervision of an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant, perform only delegated, selected, or routine tasks in specific situations. These duties include preparing patient and treatment room.

Reported Job Titles

Certified Occupational Rehabilitation Aide (CORA), Direct Service Professional (DSP), Direct Support Professional (DSP), Occupational Rehabilitation Aide, Occupational Therapist Aide (OT Aide), Occupational Therapy Aide (OT Aide), Rehabilitation Aide (Rehab Aide), Rehabilitation Services Aide, Restorative Aide

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Abilities

Oral Comprehension

Problem Sensitivity

Oral Expression

Deductive Reasoning

Speech Clarity

Speech Recognition

Information Ordering

Written Comprehension

Written Expression

Category Flexibility

Finger Dexterity

Inductive Reasoning

Near Vision

Trunk Strength

Knowledge

Therapy and Counseling

English Language

Customer and Personal Service

Psychology

Computers and Electronics

Education and Training

Medicine and Dentistry

Public Safety and Security

Administrative

Skills

Service Orientation

Social Perceptiveness

Speaking

Active Listening

Coordination

Critical Thinking

Monitoring

Complex Problem Solving

Reading Comprehension

Writing

Active Learning

Instructing

Judgment and Decision Making

Learning Strategies

Time Management

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software

Presentation software

Medical software

Electronic mail software

Accounting software

Office suite software

Word processing software

Data base user interface and query software

Calendar and scheduling software

Tools

Leather accessories

Therapeutic balls

Canes

Balance beams or boards or bolsters or rockers for rehabilitation or therapy

Adaptive communication switches for the physically challenged

Gait belts for rehabilitation or therapy

Domestic sewing machines

Weaving accessories

Awls

Rivet tools

Crutches

Braille devices for the physically challenged

Training ramps for rehabilitation or therapy

Weights or sets for rehabilitation or therapy

Hand sewing needles

Dressing sticks for the physically challenged

Reachers for the physically challenged

Walkers or rollators

Letter or symbol boards for the physically challenged

Orthopedic splint systems

Special purpose telephones

Cutlery or utensils for the physically challenged

Saws

Power sanders

Bead accessories

Lacing or stringing accessories

Wheelchairs

Photocopiers

Rasps

Sewing needles

Wood chisels

Desktop computers

Crochet hooks

Personal computers

Mallets

Abilities

Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Trunk Strength: The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.

Knowledge

Therapy and Counseling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Psychology: Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.

Skills

Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Medical software: Henry Schein Dentrix; Medical condition coding software; Medical procedure coding software; MEDITECH software
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Accounting software: Billing software; Bookkeeping software; Intuit QuickBooks; Sage 50 Accounting
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Calendar and scheduling software: Appointment scheduling software

Tools

Leather accessories: Leather scissors; Rotary punches; Wing dividers
Therapeutic balls:
Canes:
Balance beams or boards or bolsters or rockers for rehabilitation or therapy: Balance boards
Adaptive communication switches for the physically challenged: Augmentative communication systems
Gait belts for rehabilitation or therapy: Gait belts; Transfer belts
Domestic sewing machines: Sewing machines
Weaving accessories: Latch hooks
Awls: Punching awls
Rivet tools: Rivet setters
Crutches:
Braille devices for the physically challenged: Braille writers
Training ramps for rehabilitation or therapy: Rehabilitation training ramps
Weights or sets for rehabilitation or therapy: Hand weights
Hand sewing needles: Knitting needles
Dressing sticks for the physically challenged: Dressing sticks
Reachers for the physically challenged: Reachers
Walkers or rollators: Walkers
Letter or symbol boards for the physically challenged: Communication boards
Orthopedic splint systems: Orthopedic splints
Special purpose telephones: Multi-line telephone systems
Cutlery or utensils for the physically challenged: Adaptive cutlery
Saws: Multi-purpose saw sets
Power sanders: Power hand sanders
Bead accessories: Beading needles
Lacing or stringing accessories: Lacing needles
Wheelchairs:
Photocopiers: Photocopying equipment
Rasps:
Sewing needles:
Wood chisels:
Desktop computers:
Crochet hooks:
Personal computers:
Mallets: Rawhide mallets

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