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65A Occupational Therapy

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Overview

An occupational therapy officer plans and supervises occupational therapy programs in medical settings, the broader health care community, and garrison and field environments. The officer ordinarily provides services upon referral from physicians and other health care providers.

Core Skills

  • Therapy program oversight across clinical and field settings
  • Referral-based occupational therapy service delivery

Civilian Career Paths

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Occupational Therapists

Planning and supervising Army occupational therapy programs and providing referral-based services directly overlap with civilian occupational therapy practice.

How to prepare: Compare your education, examination history, and current license status with your target state licensing board's requirements to identify any gaps. All states require licensure and a qualifying exam, with an accredited occupational therapy degree including fieldwork required for exam eligibility; entry typically requires a master's degree.

What the civilian work involves
  • Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital, institutional, or community settings to help rehabilitate persons with disabilities because of illness, injury or psychological or developmental problems.
  • Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
  • Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 65A Occupational Therapy

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 65A (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank officer, authority codeType officer

    Supports: Therapy program oversight across clinical and field settings, Referral-based occupational therapy service delivery, Occupational Therapists (O*NET 29-1122.00)

  2. O*NET: Occupational Therapists

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Occupational Therapists (O*NET 29-1122.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: occupational therapists

    [3] How to Become One; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Occupational Therapists (O*NET 29-1122.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 65A

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