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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Perform therapeutic massages of soft tissues and joints. May assist in the assessment of range of motion and muscle strength, or propose client therapy plans. | Confer with clients about their medical histories and problems with stress or pain to determine how massage will be most helpful. | |||
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Apply finger and hand pressure to specific points of the body. | ||||
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Massage and knead muscles and soft tissues of the body to provide treatment for medical conditions, injuries, or wellness maintenance. | ||||
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Maintain treatment records. | ||||
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Provide clients with guidance and information about techniques for postural improvement and stretching, strengthening, relaxation, and rehabilitative exercises. | ||||
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Assess clients' soft tissue condition, joint quality and function, muscle strength, and range of motion. | ||||
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Develop and propose client treatment plans that specify which types of massage are to be used. | ||||
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Refer clients to other types of therapists when necessary. | ||||
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Use complementary aids, such as infrared lamps, wet compresses, ice, and whirlpool baths to promote clients' recovery, relaxation, and well-being. | ||||
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Treat clients in professional settings or travel to clients' offices and homes. | ||||
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Consult with other health care professionals, such as physiotherapists, chiropractors, physicians, and psychologists, to develop treatment plans for clients. | ||||
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Prepare and blend oils and apply the blends to clients' skin. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Massage Therapists
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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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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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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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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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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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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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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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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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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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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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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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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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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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Dynamic Strength | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. | |||
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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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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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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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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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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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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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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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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 Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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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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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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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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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
AppointmentQuest Online Appointment Manager | Calendar and scheduling software | |||
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Central Florida Web Hosting & Software Services Massage Manager | Medical software | |||
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ICS Software SammyUSA | Medical software | |||
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Island Software Massage Office Professional | Medical software | |||
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Land Software Customer Pro-File | Medical software | |||
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Massage Suite | Medical 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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Spreadsheet software | Spreadsheet software | |||
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WinCity Custom Software WinCity Massage SOAP Notes | Medical software | |||
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Word processing software | Word processing software | |||
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Bath robes | Bath robes | |||
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Body lotions | Hand or body lotions | |||
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Bolsters | Balance beams or boards or bolsters or rockers for rehabilitation or therapy | |||
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Cold packs | Therapeutic heating or cooling pads or compresses or packs | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Heat lamps | Medical heat lamps or accessories | |||
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Hot packs | Therapeutic heating or cooling pads or compresses or packs | |||
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Hydrotherapy equipment | Full body immersion hydrotherapy baths or tanks | |||
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Massage chairs | Mats or platforms for rehabilitation or therapy | |||
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Massage stone sets | Therapeutic heating or cooling pads or compresses or packs | |||
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Massage stools | Mats or platforms for rehabilitation or therapy | |||
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Mechanical vibrating massage devices | Electric vibrators for rehabilitation or therapy | |||
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Notebook computers | Notebook computers | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Portable massage tables | Mats or platforms for rehabilitation or therapy | |||
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Steam cabinets | Therapeutic heating or cooling units or systems | |||
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Treatment tables | Mats or platforms for rehabilitation or therapy | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in Personnel Services, Engineering-related Technologies, Vocational Home Economics, Construction Trades, Mechanics and Repairers, Precision Production Trades) | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | None | |||
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On-the-Job Training | None or short demonstration | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Bodywork Therapist | |||
Certified Massage Therapist (CMT) | |||
Clinical Massage Therapist | |||
Deep Tissue Massage Therapist | |||
Integrated Deep Tissue Massage Therapist | |||
Licensed Massage Practitioner | |||
Licensed Massage Therapist | |||
Massage Operator | |||
Massage Therapist | |||
Masseur | |||
Masseuse | |||
Massotherapist | |||
Mechanotherapist | |||
Medical Massage Therapist | |||
Registered Massage Therapist | |||
Rolfer | |||
Swedish Masseuse | |||
Therapeutic Massage Technician | |||
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