Accredited Athletic Training

Like many other big professionalism an athletic training is a big profession and there are a three big institutions that are responsible on producing a well-educated, trained and well behaved athletic trainers In the USA, NATA (National Athletic Trainers Association), BOC(Board of Certification) and CAATE( Commission of Accredited Athletic Training) are the three big organizations who have a saying and a big decision in athletic training filed. This paper will talk what they, what they do and briefly explain the difference that exist between the athletic trainer that works on the field and in the industrial setting.
An Athletic trainer is a person who is very close to the athletes, always there encouraging, giving advice, and taking care

of the athlete when ever it is needed. To be an athletic trainer and being qualify a person need to take a lot of schooling that is design and published the National Athletic Trainer Association. NATA oversees establishing the ethical codes, educational curriculum related to a physical training and, they set the rule and standard how the athletic trainer needs to act and behave at work.
After a person is acquired a knowledge that is needed to be an athletic trainer they must go through many hands-on training and pass the test that is given by the Board of Certification. BOC manly works on preparing the test and deciding the test scores for passing and failing. Once the athletic trainer passes the test that is given by the BOC, he/she needs to get either license or licensure from the Commission of Accredited Athletic Training before going the field and practicing his skills.
The athletic trainer who works in the filed manly deals with the athletes, the coaching stuff, parents and school administrators. They are the first responders when there is an injury on the field. They are responsible to make the saying whether the athlete can able to play in the field after an injury occurs. On the other hand, the athletic trainer who works in the industrial seating have a different work environment. These days big companies are trying to minimize their medical costs to as low as possible, so they focus on prevention instead of treatments. The industrial seating athletic trainer’s responsibility is teaching the employs the right techniques to avoid injuries.