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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
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. | Encourage patients and attend to their physical needs to facilitate the attainment of therapeutic goals. | |||
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Report to supervisors or therapists, verbally or in writing, on patients' progress, attitudes, attendance, and accomplishments. | ||||
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Observe patients' attendance, progress, attitudes, and accomplishments and record and maintain information in client records. | ||||
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Manage intradepartmental infection control and equipment security. | ||||
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Evaluate the living skills and capacities of physically, developmentally, or emotionally disabled clients. | ||||
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Prepare and maintain work area, materials, and equipment and maintain inventory of treatment and educational supplies. | ||||
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Instruct patients and families in work, social, and living skills, the care and use of adaptive equipment, and other skills to facilitate home and work adjustment to disability. | ||||
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Supervise patients in choosing and completing work assignments or arts and crafts projects. | ||||
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Assist occupational therapists in planning, implementing, and administering therapy programs to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, using selected activities and special equipment. | ||||
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Perform clerical, administrative, and secretarial duties, such as answering phones, restocking and ordering supplies, filling out paperwork, and scheduling appointments. | ||||
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Demonstrate therapy techniques, such as manual and creative arts and games. | ||||
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Transport patients to and from the occupational therapy work area. | ||||
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Adjust and repair assistive devices and make adaptive changes to other equipment and to environments. | ||||
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Assist educational specialists or clinical psychologists in administering situational or diagnostic tests to measure client's abilities or progress. | ||||
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Accompany patients on outings, providing transportation when necessary. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Occupational Therapist Aides
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
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. | |||
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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. | |||
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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. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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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. | |||
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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. | |||
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Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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Clerical | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. | |||
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Biology | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. | |||
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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. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
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. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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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 there is a problem. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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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). | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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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. | |||
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Gross Body Coordination | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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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. | |||
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Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. | |||
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Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Billing software | Accounting software | |||
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Data entry software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Electronic medical record EMR software | Medical software | |||
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Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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Scheduling software | Calendar and scheduling software | |||
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Adaptive cutlery | Cutlery or utensils for the physically challenged | |||
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Augmentative communication systems | Adaptive communication switches for the physically challenged | |||
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Beading needles | Bead accessories | |||
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Braille writers | Braille devices for the physically challenged | |||
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Canes | Canes or cane accessories | |||
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Communication boards | Letter or symbol boards for the physically challenged | |||
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Crochet hooks | Crochet hooks | |||
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Crutches | Crutches or crutch accessories | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Dressing sticks | Dressing sticks for the physically challenged | |||
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Hand sanders | Power sanders | |||
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Hand weights | Weights or sets or accessories for rehabilitation or therapy | |||
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Knitting needles | Hand sewing needles | |||
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Lacing needles | Lacing or stringing accessories | |||
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Latch hooks | Weaving accessories | |||
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Leather scissors | Leather accessories | |||
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Multi-line telephone systems | Special purpose telephones | |||
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Multi-purpose saw sets | Saws | |||
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Orthopedic splints | Orthopedic splint systems | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Photocopiers | Photocopiers | |||
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Punching awls | Awls | |||
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Rasps | Rasps | |||
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Rawhide mallets | Leather accessories | |||
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Reachers | Reachers for the physically challenged | |||
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Rehabilitation training ramps | Training ramps for rehabilitation or therapy | |||
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Rivet setters | Rivet tools | |||
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Rotary punches | Leather accessories | |||
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Scooter boards | Balance beams or boards or bolsters or rockers for rehabilitation or therapy | |||
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Sewing machines | Domestic sewing machines | |||
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Sewing needles | Sewing needles | |||
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Therapeutic balls | Therapeutic balls or accessories | |||
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Transfer belts | Gait belts for rehabilitation or therapy | |||
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Wheelchairs | Wheelchairs | |||
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Wheeled walkers | Walkers or rollators | |||
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Wood chisels | Wood chisels | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Related Work Experience | Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | Up to and including 1 month | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months | |||
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Required Level of Education | High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) | |||
Certified Occupational Rehabilitation Aide (CORA) | |||
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) | |||
Independent Living Specialist | |||
Occupational Rehabilitation Aide | |||
Occupational Therapist | |||
Occupational Therapist Aide (OT Aide) | |||
Occupational Therapy Aide (OT Aide) | |||
Occupational Therapy Assistant | |||
Occupational Therapy Technician (OT Tech) | |||
Rehabilitation Aide (Rehab Aide) | |||
Rehabilitation Assistant | |||
Rehabilitation Services Aide | |||
Rehabilitation Technician (Rehab Tech) | |||
Restorative Therapist | |||
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