Kinesiologists and Other Professionals in Therapy and Diagnosis
Job description
These individuals assist in the treatment of disabilities and injuries through recreation, movement, or art. This group includes specialized therapists, kinesiologists, and mechanotherapy specialists.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Conduct fitness and movement tests and evaluations.
- Review reports from other professionals.
- Determine current and future level of functioning of patients.
- Develop and implement intervention plans, activities (art, music, dance, etc.) and exercises based on health concerns.
- Design and implement specialized therapeutic programs to maintain, rehabilitate, or improve body movement and function.
- Draft reports on patient progress.
- Evaluate the success of intervention plans with other health care professionals.
- Educate individuals about health and injuries.
- Conduct research as required.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
2,500
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 57% Female
- 43% Male
Not available.
- 57% Female
- 43% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$49,600
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 621, 622, 62362% of jobs
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NAICS 7121% of jobs
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NAICS 617% of jobs
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NAICS 813% of jobs
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NAICS 6243% of jobs
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Others4% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 621, 622, 62362% of jobs
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NAICS 7121% of jobs
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NAICS 617% of jobs
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NAICS 813% of jobs
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NAICS 6243% of jobs
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Others4% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
University
Exercise science
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 49.7%
42.5% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 64.2%
29.9% of graduates pursue further studies
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
Sometimes required
- Membership in an appropriate Quebec or national professional association may be required.
- Creative or technical skills in the area of specialization are usually required.
- A Master’s degree in Dance Therapy, Drama, or Movement is usually required for Dance Therapists.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Recreology with a specialization in Recreation Therapy is usually required for Recreation Therapists.
- Supervised practical training in the area of specialization is usually required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Result evaluation
- Written expression
- Service oriented
- Social perception
- Active learning
- Reading comprehension
- Learning strategies
- Teaching
- Judgment and decision-making
- Critical thought
- Information processing
- Coordination
- Time management
- Persuasion
- Solving complex problems
- System analysis
- Negotiation
Abilities
- Verbal skills
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Awareness of issues
- Speech clarity
- Written expression
- Speech recognition
- Near vision
- Classification
- Idea generation
- Originality
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Information organization
- Selective attention
- Time sharing
- Perception speed
- Processing flexibility
- Visualization
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Leadership
- Autonomy
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Sense of initiative
- Attention to detail
- Capacity to be discrete
- Creativity
- Knowledge of psychology
- Knowledge of therapy and counselling
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Work in the arts, culture, music, or leisure
- Create, design
- Assist and advise
- Exercer une activité sportive ou physique
- Assist or care for people
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Official name of the NOC 31204
Kinesiologists and other professional occupations in therapy and assessment
Job titles
- Kinesiologist
- Recreational therapist
- Movement analyst - medical
- Athletic therapist
- Athletic trainer - therapy
- Biokineticist
- Registered kinesiologist
- Certified kinesiologist
- Exercise physiologist
- Remedial gymnastics teacher (except education)
- Remedial gymnast
- Exercise therapist
- Remedial gymnasts' supervisor
- Remedial therapist
- Certified athletic therapist (cat)
Skill type
Health
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