Also called: Rehab Aide, PT Tech
Keeps a PT clinic running by setting up equipment, cleaning, and helping patients move.
Wipes down treatment tables, sets up ice and heat packs, helps patients onto equipment, and answers phones. A popular job for students applying to PT school.
BLS May 2024.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; trained on the job.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Kinesiology.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years).
Medium risk for 10 years. Check-in, scheduling and room setup get automated, so clinics need fewer aides; helping patients move stays human.
Age 16+. One way to start: Ask outpatient physical therapy clinics for an aide job; many hire pre-PT students
Classes: PE class, Health, Biology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 31-2022.
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