High School Athletic Trainer (2026-2027 School Year)

Job Title: Athletic Trainer
Supervisor: Athletic Director
Terms of Employment: 220 days

Job Summary:
The individual is responsible for the prevention care rehabilitation of athletic injuries and the administration of all facets of the athletic training room and program.

Essential Duties

1. Establish standard procedures for first aid and emergency care of athletes during practice and games.
2. Coordinate the supervision and rehabilitation of injured athletes.
3. Establish recommendations and provisions of appropriate training and conditioning procedures.
4. Establish and supervise a student-teacher trainer program.
5. Establish and supervise the operation of a well-equipped training room.
6. Coordinate the acquisition of appropriate consent forms.
7. Establish procedures for physical examination for all participants.

Other Duties
Perform such other tasks and assume such other responsibilities as assigned.

Job Specifications
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge Skills and Abilities Required)

1. Completion of an approved Athletic Training Education Program.
2. Certification as a Certified Athletic Trainer by BOC.(PLEASE ATTACHA VALID/UNEXPIRED BOC CERTIFICATE.)
3. State of South Carolina Certification as an Athletic Trainer through DHEC.
4. Ability to work effectively with people.
5. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand and reach with hands and arms; walk; sit; stoop or kneel; or crouch.

Additional physical requirements include the following:

• Sufficiently mobile to ensure the safety of students;
• Specific vision requirements include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and the ability to focus;
• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time;
• Manual dexterity;
• Read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids;
• Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone and
• Speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in person and on the telephone.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are normally performed in a school/training room athletic field environment.

Pay Grade:203204 (Based on Education)

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator or supervisor. Horry County Schools reserves the right to update revise or change this job description and related duties at any time without prior notice.