Dietary Manager - Central Oregon Community College

Dietary Manager from Central Oregon Community College is a Campus Certificate Dietetics degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. The Dietary Manager program is uniquely designed to help students who are already employed to receive certification while working. The program can be completed in three terms, with classroom work offered one day per week. The courses give a foundation in quantity food production, personnel management, nutrition care principles and food service systems management. The field experience may be completed at the student's worksite or on campus and will provide a practical application of the principles learned in coursework. Students completing the program will be prepared to sit for the national examination to become Certified Dietary Managers approved by the Dietary Managers Association. A dietary manager is an asset to hospitals, long-term care facilities, retirement centers, schools, correction facilities and other food service settings. Dietary managers are trained in understanding the basic nutritional needs of their clientele. They are charged with balancing menu variety and customer satisfaction while managing cost/profit objectives. They purchase the goods, equipment and services used in the food service department. They also hire, motivate, train and supervise their employees. Dietary managers are highly marketable. The rapidly growing elderly population has put institutional food service in demand. Jobs in the area of dietary manager and the food service industry are projected to grow faster than the average professions both locally and nationally. Career advancement may be in the areas of dietary technology, hospitality, tourism and recreation management, or supervisory management. View more details on Central Oregon Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Dietetics courses.