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Course Suggestions - CAO
Courses related to this or similar occupations:
If you are interested in this occupation, then these CAO courses may also be of interest. Note that these course suggestions are not intended to indicate that they lead directly to this occupation, only that they are related in some way and may be worth exploring.
Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention.
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Plan, prepare and carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain and prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
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Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer.
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Identify and document goals, anticipated progress and plans for reevaluation.
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Administer manual exercises, massage or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity or crippling.
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Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
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Test and measure patient's strength, motor development and function, sensory perception, functional capacity, and respiratory and circulatory efficiency and record data.
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Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
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Confer with the patient, medical practitioners and appropriate others to plan, implement and assess the intervention program.
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Review physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment required.
LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION
The following information is based on the National Skills Bulletin 2010 and displays some useful information about selected occupations, or occupation groups.
Each occupation is examined in terms of its employment profile (based on the data from the Quarterly National Household Survey by the Central Statistics Office (CSO)), recent employment trends and other available indicators on the demand and supply of skills.
Identified shortages are defined in terms of their characteristics, i.e. skill shortage or labour shortage. For more information see the Labour Market Information section of this site.
Labour / Skills shortage indicator
This provides an indication of shortage for this occupation.
Comments:
Niche areas
Growth Rate 2004 - 2009
This shows the average annual employment growth for the period. May be a guide to future trends
+6%
-0%
Part-time workers
This shows the percentage of part-time workers in the total employment of an occupation
Total employed in this occupation: 2300
%
Part-time
29%
71%
Full-time
Older workers
This shows the percentage of workers over 55 in the total employment of an occupation
%
Over 55
15%
85%
Under 55
Ratio of Male / Female workers
This shows the percentage of male and female workers in the total employment of an occupation
%
Male
13%
87%
Female
Non-Irish National workers
This shows the percentage of Irish national and non-Irish national workers in the total employment of an occupation
