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      Essential Functions of the Profession


      In addition to educational and professional standards, Occupational Therapy Assistant students encounter physical, cognitive, communicative, and environmental factors in the classroom, internal and external labs, field trips, and fieldwork.
       
      The federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) bans discrimination of persons with disabilities. In order to identify essential performance components, which may challenge the success of a student in becoming an Occupational Therapy Assistant including participation in the academic activities of the classroom and fieldwork education, the student needs to carefully review the essential functions. Although the performance requirements may vary depending on the specific area of practice, the most common physical, cognitive, and communicative, and environmental requirements are listed here.
       
      If a student is unable to perform a requirement as listed, the student should see the ADA coordinator to identify eligibility for accommodation(s) and the steps in obtaining accommodation(s). Eligibility for accommodation requires professional documentation.
       

      PHYSICAL FACTORS

      SPEECH
      Communicate/Clarity
         
      Always (76-100%)
      Daily
      Job Essential
      HEARING
      Conversation
         
      Always (76-100%)
      Daily
      Job Essential
      Telephone
      Sometimes (1-30%)
             
      SIGHT
      Natural or Corrected
         
      Always (76-100%)
      Daily
      Job Essential
      Depth Perception
         
      Always (76-100%)
      Daily
      Job Essential
      Color Vision
       
      Frequently (31-75%)
       
      Daily
      Job Essential
      MOBILITY
      Lift, Push, or Pull 40 lbs.
         
      Always (76-100%)
      Daily
      Job Essential
      Lift, Push, or Pull 75 lbs.
       
      Frequently (31-75%)
       
      Daily
      Job Essential
      Standing
       
      Frequently (31-75%)
       
      Daily
      Job Essential
      Move about facility
         
      Always (76-100%)
      Daily
      Job Essential
      Bending
       
      Frequently (31-75%)
       
      Daily
      Job Essential
      Crawl, stoop, or crouch
       
      Frequently (31-75%)
       
      Daily
      Job Essential
      Kneeling
       
      Frequently (31-75%)
       
      Daily
      Job Essential
      Running
      Sometimes (1-30%)
             
      Walking
       
      Frequently (31-75%)
       
      Daily
      Job Essential
      CLIMBING
      Stairs
      Sometimes (1-30%)
           
      Job Essential
      Others
      Sometimes (1-30%)
           
      Job Essential
      JOINT MOBILITY
      Neck
         
      Always (76-100%)
      Daily
      Job Essential
      Arms/Hands
         
      Always (76-100%)
      Daily
      Job Essential
      Trunk/Pelvis
         
      Always (76-100%)
      Daily
      Job Essential
      Hips/Legs
         
      Always (76-100%)
      Daily
      Job Essential

       

      COGNITIVE / MENTAL / ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

      REASONING
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Deal with abstract and concrete variables, define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
      Yes
      Interpret instructions furnished in oral, written diagrammatic or schedule form.
      Yes
      Deal with problems in standard situations
      Yes
      Carry out detailed, simple-to-complex written or oral instructions
      Yes
      MATHEMATICS
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Simple skills - add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers and fractions, calculate time, simple measurements, percentages, and norms
      Yes
      READING
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Complex skills - comprehend medical records, documents, evaluations, manuals, journals, instructions in use and maintenance of equipment, safety rules, and procedures
      Yes
      WRITING
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Complex skills - Patient documentation using behavior objectives, technical terminology, and functional outcomes for reimbursement
      Yes
      Simple skills - complete English sentences with correct medical terminology for medical records documentation
      Yes
      REPORTING
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Oral reports at team conferences, staffings, family conferences, and family/staff/caregiver education sessions
      Yes
      PERCEPTION
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Spatial - ability to evaluate and treat visual perceptual skills in the areas of visual discrimination, figure-ground, spatial relations, position in space/form consistency, visual memory and visual sequential memory
      Yes
      Form - ability to perceive pertinent details in objects, models, or in pictorial or graphic material, and visual sequential memory
      Yes
      CLERICAL
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Ability to perceive pertinent detail in verbal and tabular material; to observe differences in copy, to proof-read words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic
      Yes
      DATA
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Synthesizing
      Yes
      Coordinating
      Yes
      Analyzing
      Yes
      Copying
      Yes
      PERSONAL TRAITS
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Ability to comprehend and follow instructions
      Yes
      Ability to perform simple and repetitive tasks
      Yes
      Ability to maintain a direct care work load of average 6 hours/day
      Yes
      Ability to make generalizations, assessments, or decisions without immediate supervision
      Yes
      Ability to relate to other people, including diverse populations, beyond giving and receiving instructions
      Yes
      Ability to motivate people
      Yes
      Ability to perform complex and/or varied tasks
      Yes
      Ability to accept and carry out responsibility for direction, control, and planning
      Yes
      Ability to adapt approach to individual needs of clients
      Yes
      Ability to maintain poise and flexibility in stressful or changing conditions
      Yes
      Ability to conduct self in accordance with professional ethics
      Yes
      Manage time/rationale in efficient manner
      Yes
      WORK
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Work outdoors
      Yes
      Work indoors
      Yes
      Exposure to extreme hot or cold temperatures
      No
      Work at unprotected heights
      No
      Be around moving machinery
      Yes
      Exposure to marked changes in temperature/humidity
      No
      Exposure to dust, fumes, gases, odors, mists, or other irritants
      Yes
      Exposure to excessive noise
      No
      Exposure to solvents, grease, or oils
      Yes
      Using computer monitor
      No
      Working with explosives
      No
      Exposure to vibration
      No
      Exposure to flames or directed heat
      Yes
      Work around others
      Yes
      Work with others
      Yes
      Exposure to slippery or uneven surfaces
      Yes
      Work in confined spaces
      Yes
      TRAVEL
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      By car
      Yes
      By car in high traffic
      No
      By car for 6-hour days
      No
      SAFETY EQUIPMENT (REQUIRED TO WEAR)
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Safety glasses
      Yes
      Face mask/face shield
      Yes
      Ear plugs
      No
      Hard hat
      No
      Protective clothing
      Yes
      Protective gloves
      Yes
      Exposure to blood and other body fluids, including potentially infective materials.
      Yes

       

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