Occupational Therapy Aides

Also Called: Occupational Therapy Aide (OT Aide), Rehabilitation Aide (Rehab Aide), Rehabilitation Services Aide, Restorative Aide

High School Diploma/GED

usually needed

Not Available
(Students Only)
Match Percentage

$25,150

Entry Salary

Bright

Job outlook

What Occupational Therapy Aides do

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.
  • Report to supervisors or therapists, verbally or in writing, on patients' progress, attitudes, attendance, and accomplishments.
  • Observe patients' attendance, progress, attitudes, and accomplishments and record and maintain information in client records.
Industry Areas:

Health Care

Training Program Areas:

OCT-Only Health Care • Rehabilitation Technician

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Work Context

  • Contact With Others
  • Indoors, Environmentally Controlled
  • Face-to-Face Discussions
  • Work With Work Group or Team
  • Physical Proximity

Tools

  • Leather accessories
  • Therapeutic balls or accessories
  • Canes or cane accessories
  • Balance beams or boards or bolsters or rockers for rehabilitation or therapy
  • Adaptive communication switches for the physically challenged

Technology

Medical software
Electronic medical record EMR software
MEDITECH software
Presentation software
Microsoft PowerPoint
Data base user interface and query software
Data entry software
Microsoft Access

The Education & Training You Need

Skills

  • Service Orientation
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Speaking
  • Active Listening
  • Coordination

Knowledge

Health
therapy and counseling
medicine and dentistry
Arts and Humanities
English language
Business
customer service
administrative services
Math and Science
psychology

Education

  • 37% High school diploma or equivalent

Experience

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

What are some related occupations at different educational levels?


Job Training Match

Occupational Therapy Aides Currently Selected

Educational Level

High School Diploma or Equivalent

 Job Training Match

Flight Attendants

Educational Level

Post-secondary, non-degree

 Job Training Match

Occupational Therapy Assistants

Educational Level

Associate's Degree

Advertising & Promotions Managers

Educational Level

Bachelor's Degree

Anthropology & Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary

Educational Level

Advanced Degree

What are your training options on the pathway to this occupation?

Advanced Training

There are currently no advanced training opportunities for this career.

ACT & College

  • Adelphi University

    Garden City, NY

  • Allen College

    Waterloo, IA

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Are You a Good Fit?

Occupation Traits

    • Realistic (Doer)
    • Social (Helper)

Work Styles

  • Cooperation
  • Concern for Others
  • Dependability
  • Adaptability/Flexibility
  • Integrity
  • Self Control

Values

  • Relationships
  • Support
  • Achievement

Abilities

  • Verbal
  • Ideas and Logic

This is what Occupational Therapy Aides across the country typically make.

$12.09 / hour
$25,150 /year

Entry Level

$17.77 / hour
$36,970 /year

Median Level

$33.04 / hour
$68,720 /year

Experienced Level

Income information reflects a regional average.
Income information reflects a national average.

This career’s National Job Outlook is

Bright

Please be sure to verify the outlook of this occupation with your instructor.

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