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Dietitians and Nutritionists

$66.45K Median Salary 5.9K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 10.7% Job Growth

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About This Career

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.

Reported Job Titles

Clinical Dietician, Clinical Dietitian, Clinical Nutritionist, Dietitian, Nutritionist, Oncology Dietitian, Outpatient Dietitian, Registered Dietician, Registered Dietitian, Renal Dietitian

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Deductive Reasoning

Inductive Reasoning

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Problem Sensitivity

Speech Clarity

Written Comprehension

Written Expression

Category Flexibility

Information Ordering

Speech Recognition

Originality

Near Vision

Fluency of Ideas

Mathematical Reasoning

Number Facility

Selective Attention

Knowledge

Biology

Medicine and Dentistry

English Language

Therapy and Counseling

Customer and Personal Service

Psychology

Education and Training

Mathematics

Chemistry

Computers and Electronics

Sociology and Anthropology

Food Production

Skills

Active Listening

Critical Thinking

Judgment and Decision Making

Reading Comprehension

Social Perceptiveness

Speaking

Complex Problem Solving

Monitoring

Service Orientation

Writing

Coordination

Instructing

Learning Strategies

Active Learning

Persuasion

Science

Systems Evaluation

Time Management

Negotiation

Operations Analysis

Systems Analysis

Mathematics

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software

Desktop communications software

Analytical or scientific software

Medical software

Data base user interface and query software

Electronic mail software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Network conferencing software

Office suite software

Cloud-based data access and sharing software

Word processing software

Internet browser software

Presentation software

Tools

Bodyweight measuring scales

Metabolic disorder breathalyzer monitor or meter

Calorimeters

Glucose monitors or meters

Impedance meters

Electronic blood pressure units

Physiological recorders

Notebook computers

Mercury blood pressure units

Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers

Skinfold calipers

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Abilities

Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
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 Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Knowledge

Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Therapy and Counseling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
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.
Psychology: Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.
Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

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.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
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.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Operations Analysis: Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Desktop communications software: Edmodo
Analytical or scientific software: Statistical analysis software; TapRooT
Medical software: Henry Schein Dentrix; Medical condition coding software; Medical procedure coding software; MEDITECH software
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Graphics or photo imaging software: SmugMug Flickr
Network conferencing software: LogMeIn GoToWebinar
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software: Dropbox; Google Drive; Microsoft SharePoint
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint

Tools

Bodyweight measuring scales: Underwater weighing tanks
Metabolic disorder breathalyzer monitor or meter: Ketone meters
Calorimeters:
Glucose monitors or meters: Blood glucose monitors
Impedance meters: Return loss calibrator RLC passive component testers
Electronic blood pressure units:
Physiological recorders: Motion analysis equipment
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Mercury blood pressure units: Manual blood pressure cuffs
Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers: Personal digital assistants PDA
Skinfold calipers: Body fat measurement calipers
Desktop computers:
Personal computers:

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