• Course Name - Dietetic Aide
• Sector – Healthcare
• QP No. - HSS/Q5201
• Qualification Requirements ie Min. Educational Qualification and Min Age - 10th Standard pass, 18 years
• Job opportunities for this job role are available with - Hospitals, nursing homes, medical colleges, home health care companies etc.

SYLLABUS IN BRIEF

• Maintain self and food hygiene and cleanliness of surroundings
• Follow approved food waste management practices
• Safety techniques while preparing and serving food.
• Use safe food handling techniques
• Store food items safely
• Plan the menu
• Ensure food preparation as per requirement
• Provide dietary information
• Communicate and maintain professional behaviour with co-workers and patients and their families
• Work with other people to meet requirements
• Establish and manage requirements, planning and organizing work, ensuring accomplishment of the requirements
• Maintain professional behaviour
• Act within the limit of one’s competence and authority
• Follow the code of conduct and demonstrating best practices in the field
• Comply the health, safety and security requirements and procedures for workplace
• Handle any hazardous situation with safely, competently and within the limits of authority
• Report any hazardous situation and breach in procedures to ensure a safe, healthy, secure working environment
• Classification of the waste generated, segregation of biomedical waste, proper collection and storage of waste
• Comply with effective infection control protocols that ensures the safety of the patient (or end‐user of health‐related products/ services)
• Maintain personal protection and preventing the transmission of infection from person to person