Physical Therapist Aides
Tasks Include:
- Clean and organize work area and disinfect equipment after treatment.
- Observe patients during treatment to compile and evaluate data on patients' responses and progress and report to physical therapist.
- Instruct, motivate, safeguard, or assist patients practicing exercises or functional activities, under direction of medical staff.
- Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.
- Transport patients to and from treatment areas, using wheelchairs or providing standing support.
- Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment.
- Perform clerical duties, such as taking inventory, ordering supplies, answering telephone, taking messages, or filling out forms.
- Maintain equipment or furniture to keep it in good working condition, including performing the assembly or disassembly of equipment or accessories.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet291)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +2.6%
National: +2.9%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Mid Range ($28,000 - $35,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$33,520.00
State
$31,730.00
Regional
Physical Therapist Aides
Description
Career Cluster: | Health Science
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Under close supervision of a physical therapist or physical therapy assistant, perform only delegated, selected, or routine tasks in specific situations. These duties include preparing the patient and the treatment area.
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Physical Therapist Aides
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 34.41%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 25.10%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 10.09%
- Doctoral Degree = 10.09%
- Some College Courses = 9.61%
- Bachelor's Degree = 8.62%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 2.09%
Related Work Experience
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 39.94%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 22.30%
- None = 20.66%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 10.09%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 4.92%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 2.09%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 62%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 20.17%
- None = 9.59%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 4.92%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 3.31%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 69.51%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 14.78%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 10.09%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 4.92%
- None or short demonstration = 0.70%
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Physical Therapist Aides
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Clean and organize work area and disinfect equipment after treatment.
- Observe patients during treatment to compile and evaluate data on patients' responses and progress and report to physical therapist.
- Instruct, motivate, safeguard, or assist patients practicing exercises or functional activities, under direction of medical staff.
- Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.
- Transport patients to and from treatment areas, using wheelchairs or providing standing support.
- Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment.
- Perform clerical duties, such as taking inventory, ordering supplies, answering telephone, taking messages, or filling out forms.
- Maintain equipment or furniture to keep it in good working condition, including performing the assembly or disassembly of equipment or accessories.
- Administer active or passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, or heat, light, sound, water, or electrical modality treatments, such as ultrasound.
- Change linens, such as bed sheets and pillow cases.
- Arrange treatment supplies to keep them in order.
- Assist patients to dress, undress, or put on and remove supportive devices, such as braces, splints, or slings.
- Schedule patient appointments with physical therapists and coordinate therapists' schedules.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Record treatment given and equipment used.
- Measure patient's range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.
- Train patients to use orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices.
- Fit patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices, adjusting fit as needed.
- Participate in patient care tasks, such as assisting with passing food trays, feeding residents, or bathing residents on bed rest.
- Administer traction to relieve neck or back pain, using intermittent or static traction equipment.
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Physical Therapist Aides
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Vascular or compression apparel or supports (Anti-embolism elastic stockings)
- Blood pressure cuff kits (Blood pressure cuffs)
- Canes or cane accessories (Canes)
- Therapeutic heating or cooling pads or compresses or packs (Cold packs)
- Crutches or crutch accessories (Crutches)
- Electronic blood pressure units
- Gait belts for rehabilitation or therapy (Gait belts)
- Therapeutic heating or cooling pads or compresses or packs (Hot packs)
- Clinical hydraulic lifts or accessories (Hydraulic lifts)
- Lower extremity prosthetic devices
- Notebook computers
- Orthotics or foot care products (Orthotic devices)
- Parallel bars for rehabilitation or therapy (Parallel bars)
- Personal computers
- Upper extremity prosthetic devices
- Walkers or rollators (Walkers)
- Wheelchairs
Technologies Include:
- Calendar and scheduling software
- Scheduling software
- Medical software
- Patient record maintenance software
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Word processing software
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Physical Therapist Aides
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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87.00 | 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. |
75.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
62.25 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
58.25 | 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. |
49.50 | 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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Physical Therapist Aides
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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65.50 | 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. |
56.25 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
56.25 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
53.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
53.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
53.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
50.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
50.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
50.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Physical Therapist Aides
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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59.50 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
56.25 | 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 that there is a problem. |
56.25 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
53.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
53.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
50.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
50.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
50.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Physical Therapist Aides
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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99.50 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
87.50 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
85.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
81.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
76.75 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
75.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
75.25 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
74.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
74.25 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
72.25 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
71.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
68.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
66.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
66.25 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
64.25 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
63.75 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
62.75 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
62.25 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
60.75 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
60.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
59.75 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
58.75 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
57.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
55.00 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
53.25 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
51.50 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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92.75 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
90.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
90.00 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
88.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
86.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
84.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
78.75 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
75.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
69.25 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
69.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
68.25 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
66.50 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
63.25 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
58.00 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
54.25 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
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94.50 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
61.17 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
61.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
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Physical Therapist Aides
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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96.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
93.80 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
91.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
89.80 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
82.60 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
82.20 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
81.80 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
81.40 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
77.80 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
77.00 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
76.80 | Exposed to Disease or Infections | How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections? |
76.20 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
75.40 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
73.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
72.80 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
71.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
69.60 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
68.20 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
67.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
67.20 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
66.60 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
65.00 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
64.20 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
61.80 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
61.80 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
60.80 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
59.80 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
59.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
56.40 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
51.00 | Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling? |
50.60 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
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Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $23,070.00 | $33,520.00 | $37,010.00 |
Virginia | $24,960.00 | $31,730.00 | $37,460.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | $27,850.00 | $33,070.00 | $40,400.00 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $25,860.00 | $28,610.00 | $35,630.00 |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | $25,810.00 | $30,300.00 | $40,370.00 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | $29,790.00 | $36,930.00 | $39,920.00 |
Piedmont Workforce | $28,490.00 | $34,870.00 | $35,970.00 |
Shenandoah Valley | $25,120.00 | $30,050.00 | $39,800.00 |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet291)
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Employment Projections
USA: 2023-2033
Virginia: 2022-2032
Regions: 2020-2030
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 44,300 | 45,600 | +2.9% |
Virginia | 974 | 999 | +2.6% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
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- Opticians, Dispensing
- Optometrists
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- Orthodontists
- Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
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- Orthotists and Prosthetists
- Pediatric Surgeons
- Pediatricians, General
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy Technicians
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- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Physical Therapists
- Physician Assistants
- Physicians, All Other
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- Podiatrists
- Preventive Medicine Physicians
- Prosthodontists
- Psychiatric Aides
- Psychiatric Technicians
- Psychiatrists
- Radiation Therapists
- Radiologists
- Recreational Therapists
- Registered Nurses
- Respiratory Therapists
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Sports Medicine Physicians
- Surgeons, All Other
- Surgical Technologists
- Therapists, All Other
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Clinical Rehabilitation Aide
- Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant (LPTA)
- Occupational Therapy Aide
- Physical Therapist Aide (PTA)
- Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)
- Physical Therapist Technician
- Physical Therapy Aide (PT Aide)
- Physical Therapy Aide (PTA)
- Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)
- Physical Therapy Attendant
- Physical Therapy Technician
- Physiotherapy Aide
- Rehabilitation Aide
- Rehabilitation Assistant
- Rehabilitation Attendant
- Rehabilitation Helper
- Rehabilitation Technician
- Restorative Aide (RA)
- Restorative Care Technician
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- Moore Norman Technology Center
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- Southern California Health Institute
- Southwest Technology Center
- The College of Health Care Professions-Southwest Houston
- Tulsa Technology Center
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