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Exercise Physiologists

SOC 29-1128.00

Assess, plan, or implement fitness programs that include exercise or physical activities such as those designed to improve cardiorespiratory function, body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, or flexibility.

Zone 5 Healthcare Practitioners and Technical

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Green

Top Skills 8

Reading Comprehension

4.0

Active Listening

4.0

Speaking

4.0

Critical Thinking

4.0

Writing

3.8

Instructing

3.8

Service Orientation

3.8

Monitoring

3.6

Knowledge Areas 8

Customer and Personal Service

4.2

Biology

4.0

English Language

4.0

Education and Training

3.9

Psychology

3.8

Medicine and Dentistry

3.8

Therapy and Counseling

3.5

Mathematics

3.4

Key Tasks

1Develop exercise programs to improve participant strength, flexibility, endurance, or circulatory functioning, in accordance with exercise science standards, regulatory requirements, and credentialing requirements.

2Prescribe individualized exercise programs, specifying equipment such as treadmill, exercise bicycle, ergometers, or perceptual goggles.

3Interpret exercise program participant data to evaluate progress or identify needed program changes.

4Explain exercise program or physiological testing procedures to participants.

5Provide emergency or other appropriate medical care to participants with symptoms or signs of physical distress.

Also Known As

Applied Exercise Physiologist Bariatric Weight Loss Clinic Manager and Counselor Cardiac Exercise Physiologist Cardiac Exercise Specialist Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Physiologist Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Director Clinical Coordinator, Heart Failure Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinical Exercise Physiologist Clinical Exercise Specialist Coordinator Cardiopulmonary Services

Tools & Equipment

Arm crank ergometers Automated blood pressure measurement equipment Automated external defibrillators AED Bioelectric impedance analyzers Cholesterol analyzers