Will AI replace Athletic Trainers?
Estimated risk score: 30 out of 100
Lower replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (11 to 49).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 23 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 29-9091.00 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 3 of its 23 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Perform general administrative tasks, such as keeping records or writing reports.
- File athlete insurance claims and communicate with insurance providers.
- Teach sports medicine courses to athletic training students.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 12 of its 23 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Accompany injured athletes to hospitals.
- Apply protective or injury preventive devices, such as tape, bandages, or braces, to body parts, such as ankles, fingers, or wrists.
- Clean and sanitize athletic training rooms.
- Lead stretching exercises for team members prior to games or practices.
- Massage body parts to relieve soreness, strains, or bruises.
- Travel with athletic teams to be available at sporting events.
What the job is
Evaluate and treat musculoskeletal injuries or illnesses. Provide preventive, therapeutic, emergency, and rehabilitative care.
Also called: Certified Athletic Trainer, Sports Trainer, Physical Trainer, Athletic Lecturer, Sports Athletic Trainer, Sports Medicine Trainer, Women's Athletic Trainer, Clinical Athletic Trainer.
Closest jobs we score by hand
In the same field (Healthcare Practitioners and Technical). Different jobs, each scored by a person.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate