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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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