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Dietary Aide
( Nutrition Assistant, Hospital Diet Supervisor )


	Duties and Tasks Quick Facts Work Conditions Personal Requirements Related Industries Labour Market Related Jobs Earnings Related Courses Further Information State Specific Information	Supervising patient's meals
	Dietary aides assist dietitians to maintain high standards of nutritional care for patients.

Duties and Tasks

Dietary aides may perform the following tasks:

discuss the dietary needs of patients with health care team members
interview patients to discuss food preferences
assist in the planning of menus for patients
make sure food is hygienically and correctly prepared and attractively presented
maintain diet records
develop a nutrition care plan in consultation with dietitians
assist in the training of staff involved in the preparation and serving of meals for patients with particular diets
use computers for data entry and retrieval.

Quick Facts

Learning Area	Home Economics
Work Demand	Including mainly indoor work Including reading or writing
Work Field	Health and Community Services Hospitality and Tourism
Work Interest	Helping or Advising
Skill Level	Skilled Non-trade Jobs

Work Conditions

Dietary aides may be required to undertake rostered weekend and shift work.

Personal Requirements

good communication skills
enjoy working with people
good organisational skills.

Related Industries

Hospitals
Medical and Other Health Care Services

Labour Market

Information

Australian JobOutlook for Dietitians

Vacancies

Australian JobSearch for Dietitians (ALL AUSTRALIA)
Australian VolunteerSearch - Food Services/Catering for ALL AUSTRALIA
Work Opportunities websites

Earnings

Income of persons working full-time, 2006

Other Intermediate Service Workers
Income per Week	Number	Share (%)

$1000 or more	1,790	17.1
$400 - $599	2,673	25.5
$600 - $799	2,929	28.0
$800 - $999	1,782	17.0
Less than $400	1,293	12.4

This information is based on the 2006 census conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Earnings of persons working full-time and part-time, 2006

Other Intermediate Service Workers
Employment Status	Weekly Income ($)

Full-time	731
Part-time	234

This information is based on the Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership survey conducting annually by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

See State Specific Information below for further education and training options.

Further Information

Dietitians Association of Australia (National Office)

State Specific Information

New South Wales / ACT
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia

Entering special dietry requirements into the computer