Occupation Atlasprepared meals nutritionist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c37d0026-989b-4705-9bcb-30cccd8308fa
prepared meals nutritionist
Prepared meals nutritionists value ingredients, manufacturing processes, and foodstuffs in order to assure nutritional quality and suitability of prepared meals and dishes. They study nutritional value of foodstuffs and dishes and advise on the composition of different meals or dishes for human feed, allergenic items and macro and micronutrients.
Job Zone
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
SIESocial · Investigative · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social5.50
- I Investigative4.80
- E Enterprising3.42
- C Conventional3.35
- R Realistic3.03
- A Artistic2.40
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Dietitians and Nutritionists (29-1031.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (22)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- analyse trends in the food and beverage industries
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- check quality of products on the production line
- combination of flavours
- combination of textures
- dietetics
- ensure correct goods labelling
- ensure sanitation
- examine production samples
- follow hygienic procedures during food processing
- food science
- food storage
- functional properties of foods
- identify nutritional properties of food
- manage the use of additives in food manufacturing
- prepared meals
- research new cooking methods
- research new food ingredients
- strive for nutritional improvement of food manufacturing
- supervise food in healthcare
Optional (15)
- collect samples for analysis
- composition of diets
- conduct nutrition research
- create new recipes
- develop new food products
- develop policies for nutritional programs
- dietary regimes
- identify suppliers
- infections in food
- label foodstuffs
- participate in the development of new food products
- perform food risk analysis
- perform market research
- prepare dietary meals
- traceability in food industry
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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