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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| sport-therapist | Occupational skill for the role 'sport therapist' (also: sport & exercise therapist, exercise specialist, health exercise specialist, exercise consultant, exercise therapist, sport and exercise therapist). Use when the user asks for typical sport therapist work such as: Review adapted physical education programs or practices to ensure compliance with government or other regulations.; Request or order physical education equipment, following standard procedures.; Write reports to summarize student performance, social growth, or physical development. |
Sport Therapist
Sport therapists program and supervise rehabilitation exercises for individuals and groups. They work with individuals that have chronic health conditions or are at high risk of developing them. They communicate with medical and healthcare professionals about participants' conditions using correct medical terminology, and with an understanding of the standard treatment options for an individualโs condition. Sport therapists take a holistic approach to the wellness of their clients that includes advising on lifestyle, food or time management. They do not have a medical background and do not require medical qualifications.
Core workflow
- Review adapted physical education programs or practices to ensure compliance with government or other regulations.
- Request or order physical education equipment, following standard procedures.
- Write reports to summarize student performance, social growth, or physical development.
- Attend in-service training, workshops, or meetings to keep abreast of current practices or trends in adapted physical education.
- Write or modify individualized education plans (IEPs) for students with intellectual or physical disabilities.
- Provide students positive feedback to encourage them and help them develop an appreciation for physical education.
- Provide individual or small groups of students with adapted physical education instruction that meets desired physical needs or goals.
- Prepare lesson plans in accordance with individualized education plans (IEPs) and the functional abilities or needs of students.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See references/ai-skills.md โ matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
Key competences (essential)
- adapt fitness exercises
- analyse personal fitness information
- assess physical conditions of clients
- attend to fitness clients under controlled health conditions
- collect client fitness information
- conduct fitness risk assessment
- correct potentially harmful movements
- demonstrate professional attitude to clients
- ensure safety of exercise environment
- identify health objectives
- inform clients of healthy lifestyle benefits
- integrate exercise science to the design of the programme
- integrate principles of training
- manage fitness communication
- motivate fitness clients
Hot technologies
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/394bdd9b-3ee8-43a9-b943-442ce146bb21), ONET 30.3 (25-2059.01). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*