Dietitians and Nutritionists

Plan and conduct food service or nutritional programs to assist in the promotion of health and control of disease. May supervise activities of a department providing quantity food services, counsel individuals, or conduct nutritional research.

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

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Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

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Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed

Assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions, and current health plans to develop and implement dietary-care plans and provide nutritional counseling.

Evaluate laboratory tests in preparing nutrition recommendations.

Counsel individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits, and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of life.

Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modifications, and food selection and preparation.

Incorporate patient cultural, ethnic, or religious preferences and needs in the development of nutrition plans.

Consult with physicians and health care personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions of patient or client.

Record and evaluate patient and family health and food history, including symptoms, environmental toxic exposure, allergies, medication factors, and preventive health-care measures.

Develop recipes and menus to address special nutrition needs, such as low glycemic, low histamine, or gluten- or allergen-free.

Develop curriculum and prepare manuals, visual aids, course outlines, and other materials used in teaching.

Plan, conduct, and evaluate dietary, nutritional, and epidemiological research.

Write research reports and other publications to document and communicate research findings.

Plan and conduct training programs in dietetics, nutrition, and institutional management and administration for medical students, health-care personnel, and the general public.

Select, train, and supervise workers who plan, prepare, and serve meals.

Make recommendations regarding public policy, such as nutrition labeling, food fortification, or nutrition standards for school programs.

Manage quantity food service departments or clinical and community nutrition services.

Monitor food service operations to ensure conformance to nutritional, safety, sanitation and quality standards.

Inspect meals served for conformance to prescribed diets and standards of palatability and appearance.

Purchase food in accordance with health and safety codes.

Develop policies for food service or nutritional programs to assist in health promotion and disease control.

Organize, develop, analyze, test, and prepare special meals, such as low-fat, low-cholesterol, or chemical-free meals.

Advise food service managers and organizations on sanitation, safety procedures, menu development, budgeting, and planning to assist with establishment, operation, and evaluation of food service facilities and nutrition programs.

Prepare and administer budgets for food, equipment, and supplies.

Plan, conduct, and evaluate nutrigenomic or nutrigenetic research.

Coordinate recipe development and standardization and develop new menus for independent food service operations.

Plan and prepare grant proposals to request program funding.

Confer with design, building, and equipment personnel to plan for construction and remodeling of food service units.

Automated blood pressure cuffs

Bioelectric impedance machines

Desktop computers

Glucometers

Hydrostatic weighing machines

Ketone meters

Laptop computers

Manual blood pressure cuffs

Metabolic carts

Personal computers

Personal digital assistants PDA

Skinfold calipers

Upright scales

Wearable fitness monitors

Allergenic diet software

Aurora FoodPro

Axxya Systems Nutritionist Pro

BioEx Systems Nutrition Maker Plus

Compu-Cal Nutrition Assistant

Cronometer

CyberSoft NutriBase

Database software

DietMaster Systems DietMaster

ESHA Research The Food Processor

Google Drive

Graphics software

Ketogenic planning software

Lifestyles Technologies DietMaster Pro

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

MNT Northwest MNT Assistant

Monash University Low FODMAP Diet App

Mosby's Nutritrac

MyFitnessPal

Nutrient analysis software

PICS DietMate Professional

ReadyTalk

Skype

Spreadsheet software

Statistical software

SureQuest Systems Square 1

The Nutrition Company FoodWorks

ValuSoft MasterCook

Web browser software

Word processing software

Always do your research on a career first before you go into that field, because it may not be what you want in life. You want to be in a career field that you really love and will enjoy in life. Don't ever choose a career because of what someone else is picking, pick a career for yourself and be happy.

Dietary Aide

That I should give up school and move on to something else in my life.

Debbie Lee

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Debbie Lee

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My work combines:

My work combines:

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My career is not related to what I studied. I'd recommend this path instead:

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