| Activities | Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that help restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to disabled people. |
 |
|
| Outlook | Faster-than-average-job growth |
|
|
| Median Income | $60,470 per year in May 2006 |
|
|
| Work Context & Conditions | Occupational therapists in hospitals and other health care and community settings usually work a 40-hour week. Those in schools may participate in meetings and other activities during and after the school day. In 2006, more than a quarter of occupational therapists worked part time. |
|
|
| Minimum Education Requirements | Master's Degree
|
|
|
| Skills | Social Perceptiveness, Learning Strategies, Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Instructing, Active Listening, Writing, Service Orientation, Time Management, Active Learning, Complex Problem Solving, Coordination, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Science |
|
|
| Abilities | Oral Expression, Speech Recognition, Deductive Reasoning, Problem Sensitivity, Speech Clarity, Information Ordering, Inductive Reasoning, Written Expression, Oral Comprehension |
|
|
| Interviews | Karoline Harvey
Hanna Hildenbrand |
|
