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33109.03 – Rehabilitation aides

Rehabilitation aids prepare and maintain equipment and supplies and provide assistance and services to health care professionals and others in activities related to patient rehabilitation.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Chiropractic aide
  • Chiropractic assistant
  • Physiotherapy attendant
  • Rehabilitation aide

Core competencies

  • Learning and Teaching Strategies, and Instructing to effectively demonstrate and explain exercises, provide feedback and motivate patients to participate in their rehabilitation programs
  • Social Perceptiveness to communicate, improve patient experiences, offer motivation and build rapport with patients throughout rehabilitation process
  • Trunk Strength to maintain proper body posture while assisting patients with mobility and functional activities, such as helping patients transfer from beds to wheelchairs or assisting with exercises
  • Multi-Limb Coordination to demonstrate and assist patients with exercises that require coordinated movements of the arms and legs, such as walking with assistive devices or performing upper and lower body exercises simultaneously
  • Manual Dexterity to accurately adjust assistive devices, exercise equipment and therapeutic interventions
  • Collaboration to deliver comprehensive rehabilitation care by working with physical therapists, occupational therapists and other members of the rehabilitation team
  • Knowledge in Languages to understand language structure and rules to communicate clearly with healthcare professionals and patients, ensuring accurate exchange of information during rehabilitation activities and treatment coordination

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Prepare and maintain equipment and supplies
  • Assist in activities for the rehabilitation of patients as directed by health care professionals
  • May perform routine office functions.

Additional information

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Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment (32109)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

3 – Health occupations

TEER

3 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of less than two years; or more than six months of on-the-job training

Major group

33 – Assisting occupations in support of health services

Sub-major group

331 – Assisting occupations in support of health services

Minor group

3310 – Assisting occupations in support of health services

Unit group

33109 – Other assisting occupations in support of health services

Occupational profile

33109.03 – Rehabilitation aides

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