Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a dietitian can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a dietitian already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Dietitians assess specific nutritional requirements of populations or individuals throughout their lives and translate this into advice which will maintain, reduce risk to, or restore people’s health. Using evidence-based approaches, dietitians work to empower individuals, families and groups to provide or select food which is nutritionally adequate, safe, tasty and sustainable. Beyond healthcare, dietitians improve the nutritional environment for all through governments, industry, academia and research.

Also known as dietician, specialist dietician, public health nutritionist.

Professionals 103 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: dietetic technician, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
dietetic technician 79% covered healthcare assistant 63% covered orthoptist 60% covered respiratory therapy technician 58% covered homeopath 57% covered dietitian You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from dietitian, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a dietitian already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A dietitian needs 81 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • clinical examinations in dietetics health and welfare
  • follow up nutrition care plan information skills
  • formulate dietetic intervention communication, collaboration and creativity
  • identify cause of nutritional imbalance information skills
  • identify the dietetic professional quality of care assisting and caring
  • intervene to reduce sub-optimal nutritional status of individuals communication, collaboration and creativity
  • measure nutritional health status of patients information skills
  • monitor the nutrition status of the individual information skills
  • prepare promotional materials on nutritition communication, collaboration and creativity
  • provide dietetic diagnosis information skills
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Dietitian is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a dietitian’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.