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PHYSICAL THERAPIST AIDES

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Education & Outlook

Statewide

Typical Degree: High school diploma or equivalent

Employed as of 2022: 472

2032 Projected Openings: 670

Entry Level Salary: $20,480

Median Salary: $24,470

Experienced Level Salary: $44,040

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Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service

Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

English Language

Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.

Computers and Electronics

Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Skills

Active Listening

Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Monitoring

Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Service Orientation

Actively looking for ways to help people.

Abilities

Oral Comprehension

The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Problem Sensitivity

The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.

Speech Recognition

The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

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This tool was built using publicly available data from the Kentucky Center for Statistics and the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.