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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.

Currently Employed: 7,500

Yearly Projected Openings: 360

Typical Hourly Wage: $10.11 - $16.95

Typical Annual Salary: $21,000 - $35,300

• Observe patients' attendance, progress, attitudes, and accomplishments and record and maintain information in client records.
• Encourage patients and attend to their physical needs to facilitate the attainment of therapeutic goals.
• Report to supervisors or therapists, verbally or in writing, on patients' progress, attitudes, attendance, and accomplishments.
• Supervise patients in choosing and completing work assignments or arts and crafts projects.
• Manage intradepartmental infection control and equipment security.
• Evaluate the living skills and capacities of physically, developmentally, or emotionally disabled clients.
• Prepare and maintain work area, materials, and equipment and maintain inventory of treatment and educational supplies.
• Transport patients to and from the occupational therapy work area.
• 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.
• Demonstrate therapy techniques, such as manual and creative arts and games.

• Awls
• Leather accessories
• Rasps
• Saws
• Wood chisels

• Accounting software
• Calendar and scheduling software
• Data base user interface and query software
• Spreadsheet software
• Word processing software