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SOC 29-1031
Dietitians and nutritionists assess diet and health information, plan nutrition programmes or food services, carry out education and consultation and monitor outcomes; clinical, community and group catering duties differ, and practice and licensing must be confirmed by jurisdiction.
Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((75+50+25)/3+0.5)=50; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.
Observable signals: you are willing to check dietary records and label units repeatedly; you can turn general advice into specific choices that fit culture, budget and accessibility; when you find contradictory information or a matter beyond your authorization you pause and pass it to the responsible person rather than giving a definite conclusion.
Direct judgment: the core of this work is not recommending recipes, but verifying diet and health information clearly, forming an executable plan according to guidelines and the individual's conditions, monitoring continuously and keeping within the boundaries of clinical authorization. The duties of clinical, community and group catering positions differ greatly, so before starting, confirm the target direction and the qualification requirements of the location.
Review standard: every number can be traced back to the original record and label; the unit (per serving or per 100 grams or millilitres) is written clearly; unknown items remain unknown; and it is stated who (oneself, the dietitian, the physician) must confirm before work continues.
This page corresponds precisely to United States O*NET 29-1031.00 Dietitians and Nutritionists: planning and conducting food service or nutrition programmes to promote health and control disease, and possibly supervising group catering departments, providing nutrition consultation to individuals or conducting nutrition research. United States RDN registration and state licensing, mainland China clinical nutrition department positions and public nutritionist skill levels belong to different systems and cannot automatically substitute for one another; qualification, authorization and responsibility must be verified by location and institution.
Collaboration partners include patients and families, physicians and nurses, catering and food service teams, and public health and school staff; the handover needs to state what has been completed, what has not, exceptions and items to be confirmed.
Career direction comparison
Compare core work and outputs, authorization boundaries and working patterns, and do not exchange them by name.
| Career direction | Core work and output | Key differences | Best-fit choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health educators (21-1091.00) | Health educators design and evaluate health education programmes for individuals or groups; this occupation directly carries out nutrition assessment, nutrition care plans and monitoring. Moving across requires building up programme needs assessment, group communication and outcome evaluation capability. | Design and evaluate group health education programmes; do not directly carry out individual nutrition assessment and nutrition care plans. | If you prefer group programmes and communication, you can compare the health education direction. |
| Pharmacists (29-1051.00) | Pharmacists review, dispense and explain medication use; this occupation deals with food, nutritional intake and dietary support. Moving into pharmacy requires completing a pharmacy professional degree, internship and licensing examination, and nutrition experience cannot substitute. |
AI impact on this career
Editorial governance suggestion: verify the institution's permitted use, applicable population, database source and version, input quality, output validation, error correction and responsibility, and do not write these suggestions as a uniform national clinical operating procedure. AI Impact Score 50% is an editorial estimate. Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((75+50+25)/3+0.5)=50; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.The three tasks, ratings and sources are listed in the FermatMind method source record on this page.
FermatMind AI Impact Score estimation method v1
FermatMind / 费马测试 · 2026-10-18
Chinese mainland salary reference
A matching medical unit background: the National Bureau of Statistics 2025 health and social work urban non-private 146266 and private 75631 yuan pretax annual average wage, covering urban legal entities with 5 or more people and excluding sole traders and freelance workers; non-private is not only state-owned enterprises. It is a multi-occupation industry average, not the median, starting salary or recruitment quote for a dietitian, nor the wage for all school catering.
Verify remuneration by the actual city, medical, community or group catering duties, qualification, shifts and contract; regional or certificate premiums were not verified. The 2024 Guo Wei Ban Yi Zheng Han 333 requires advancing screening and assessment, staff training and discipline development, and encourages hospitals with the conditions to improve the pay of clinical nutrition staff; this is a policy direction and does not provide wages, position growth or an individual hiring guarantee for this occupation.
U.S. salary reference
This figure comes from the United States national occupational scope and corresponds only to Dietitians and Nutritionists 29-1031.00; it does not represent Chinese positions, nor dietetic technicians or the adjacent laboratory and nursing occupations.
| Scope | Values | Period | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low |
Career fit guide
Fit signal two: you can turn general nutrition guidelines into specific choices that fit the person's culture, budget and accessibility, and explain the basis for the trade-offs.
Fit signals： Fit signal three: you accept continuous monitoring and repeated adjustment and treat a single result as process data rather than a final verdict.
Warning signals： Trainable capabilities include nutrition and food science basics, dietary assessment, communication and consultation, writing education material, menu and cost management, recording standards, and using clinical material within the scope of authorization.
Verification actions： O*NET survey context: face-to-face 89% every day, email 93% every day, continuous contact 66%, teamwork extremely important 43%, accuracy extremely important 28%, exposure to disease or infection 40% every day; time pressure 27% every day and 37% at least weekly but not daily; weekly hours: 73% equal to 40 and 17% over 40, with 87% regular scheduling. The frequencies are not infection or error rates, and a regular schedule does not mean no weekend or evening work; BLS notes that some positions have evening and weekend appointments.
Work pressure and occupational boundaries
First identify five categories of risk: allergens and dietary restrictions, units and calculations, diagnosis and treatment beyond authority, privacy, and authorization boundaries.
O*NET supports the needs and allergy history tasks and the context and does not provide accident rates; Chinese clinical duties, United States hospital dietary authority and the Chinese personal information law each support jurisdictional boundaries. The main text of the original CDR 2024 scope PDF was not obtained in this round and is not used to prove specific clauses.
Typical scenario：The label, ingredients and the person's recorded known allergens are inconsistent.
Roles most affected：Dietitians and nutritionists
Possible consequence：
Getting started, qualifications and career development
Editorial entry comparison: first clarify whether the direction is clinical, community, management, research and the jurisdiction of work, and verify the real degree, courses, supervised practice and lawful authority; ordinary software names or the number of certificates do not prove competence. Chinese medical institutions: Article 5 of the 2022 guideline provides that physicians trained in clinical nutrition carry out diagnosis and treatment as required, and Article 6 provides that nutrition technical personnel with professional education or training carry out consultation, screening and assessment, enteral nutrition preparation, medical diet arrangement and teaching as required. Article 5 of the annex requires nutrition screening to be completed by medical staff with the relevant practice qualification and training, with the first-visit physician as the first responsible person; Article 10 provides that nutrition assessment is carried out by clinical nutrition technical personnel collecting clinical data, and Article 14 provides that records are included in the medical record. Training or a public nutritionist certificate does not itself replace the relevant practice qualification. United States hospitals 42 CFR 482.28(b)(2): all patient diets including therapeutic diets are ordered by the responsible practitioner or by a qualified nutrition professional who is both authorized by the medical institution and permitted by state law. RDN registration itself does not automatically obtain state licensing and institutional authority, and it cannot be said across the board that dietitians cannot order therapeutic diets; the specific scope of application is verified separately.
Career outlook and transitions to related occupations
Projected growth of 8% over 2025—2035 (much faster than average), with about 5,700 job openings per year on average; the growth rate, employment stock and job openings are not the same indicator.
United States · Dietitians and nutritionists (29-1031.00)
Current 2025—2035 national projection: employment 86300 in 2025→a projected 93000 in 2035, a net increase of 6700, growth of 7.7% in BLS Table 1.2 (OOH and O*NET round to 8%), and 5700 annual average openings including growth and replacement. Self-employment in Table 1.2 is 8.5% (OOH rounds to 9%); the precision of each indicator is retained, and this is not actual new recruitment, an individual hiring rate or AI causation. The old figures of 90900, 5% to 6% and 6200 are no longer used as another current scope.
Market signals
Recruitment samples, employment scale and job openings must be explained separately.
The day begins with collecting dietary and health history and verifying labels and guidelines, then completing nutrition assessment and risk screening, setting executable goals together with the person, carrying out education or implementing a programme, and then monitoring continuously and reviewing or referring, forming a closed loop.
Choose a real task from this page for a small practice project or a conversation with someone in the field. Use the planning guides to set a date, an output and feedback questions before deciding whether to continue.
This is a work sample and authorization boundary check, not a personality diagnosis or a hiring conclusion.
Small safety experience: use only the fictional 24-hour intake record and fictional food label provided on this page for paper verification, and output two questions that need following up and one non-therapeutic substitution option; do not contact real patients, make a diagnosis or give a treatment prescription.
Quality requirements cover traceable sources, reviewable calculations, executable goals, incorporation of restrictions such as allergies and culture and budget, continuous monitoring, and clinical judgments being made by qualified personnel.
| Dimension | Primary track | Comparison track |
|---|---|---|
| Loop | Assessment, planning, implementation and monitoring | |
| Step one | Collect and verify | |
| Step two | Assess needs | |
| Step three | Set goals | |
| Step four | Education and implementation | |
| Step five | Monitoring | |
| Step six | Review and referral |
Common inputs include dietary and health history, food labels and recipes, laboratory tests, cultural, religious and budget preferences, institutional nutrition guidelines, and clinical material used within the scope of authorization.
The core outputs are nutrition assessment records, individualised nutrition care plans, education material, menus and programme plans, monitoring records, and a list of issues that need to be passed to the medical team.
O*NET lists 28 tasks, 13 core and 15 supplemental: the core includes assessing needs and restrictions, testing and monitoring, individual and group consultation, cultural adaptation, collaboration with physicians, collecting food history and allergy and medication information, menus, consultation coordination, education courses, research and professional training; managing food staff, purchasing costs, special diets and nutrigenomic research are supplemental, and not everyone takes on all of them. BLS distinguishes clinical medical nutrition therapy, community education and food service management.
Qualification, authorization and final responsibility are verified by the specific jurisdiction, institution or employer; a public nutritionist certificate does not carry physician practice qualification.
The work objects and AI boundaries of dietitians and nutritionists AI can assist with record organization, nutrition calculation and material drafting, but cannot replace nutrition assessment, clinical judgment and final responsibility.
| Review, dispense and explain medication use; the object is medicines rather than food and nutritional intake. |
| If you prefer medicines and medication safety, you can compare the pharmacy direction. |
| Occupational therapists (29-1122.00) | Occupational therapists restore daily living function through activity and environmental adjustment; this occupation deals with nutritional status and eating behaviour. Moving across requires building up functional assessment, rehabilitation techniques and the corresponding clinical authorization. | Restore daily living function through activity and environmental adjustment; the object is function rather than nutritional status. | If you prefer functional rehabilitation, you can compare the occupational therapy direction. |
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| Exercise physiologists (29-1128.00) | Exercise physiologists assess and design exercise programmes to improve cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition and strength; this occupation designs and monitors nutrition interventions. Moving across requires building up exercise testing, physiological monitoring and the corresponding qualification. | Assess and design exercise programmes to improve fitness; the object is exercise rather than nutrition intervention. | If you prefer exercise and fitness, you can compare the exercise physiology direction. |
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| Registered nurses (29-1141.00) | Registered nurses assess health needs and implement nursing plans; this occupation is responsible for nutrition assessment and dietary support. Moving into nursing requires completing nursing education, clinical practice and registration licensing, and nutrition knowledge alone is not enough to transfer. | Assess health needs and implement nursing plans; the authorization and chain of responsibility differ. | If you prefer clinical nursing, you can compare the nursing direction. |
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| This occupational direction: dietitians and nutritionists (29-1031.00) | Assess diet and health information, plan nutrition programmes or food services, carry out education and consultation and monitor outcomes. | Clinical, community and group catering duties differ; clinical diagnosis and treatment prescriptions must be made by authorized personnel. | If you prefer nutrition and eating behaviour, you can make this occupation your main line. |
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Adjacent occupations differ from this occupation in objects, tools and authorization, and capability, qualification and responsibility evidence must be built up separately.
The next step is to verify the direction with observable supervised practice or work samples.
Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
First distinguish assistable tasks from final clinical responsibility.
A technical demonstration is not institutional adoption; approval, validation and human review are required.
A substitution rate or timeline cannot be derived from task exposure.
| Work area | Task | Current change | Human control point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Records and information management | Organise dietary records and label information | Chinese medical institutions: Article 5 of the 2022 guideline provides that physicians trained in clinical nutrition carry out diagnosis and treatment as required, and Article 6 provides that nutrition technical personnel with professional education or training carry out consultation, screening and assessment, enteral nutrition preparation, medical diet arrangement and teaching as required. Article 5 of the annex requires nutrition screening to be completed by medical staff with the relevant practice qualification and training, with the first-visit physician as the first responsible person; Article 10 provides that nutrition assessment is carried out by clinical nutrition technical personnel collecting clinical data, and Article 14 provides that records are included in the medical record. Training or a public nutritionist certificate does not itself replace the relevant practice qualification. United States hospitals 42 CFR 482.28(b)(2): all patient diets including therapeutic diets are ordered by the responsible practitioner or by a qualified nutrition professional who is both authorized by the medical institution and permitted by state law. RDN registration itself does not automatically obtain state licensing and institutional authority, and it cannot be said across the board that dietitians cannot order therapeutic diets; the specific scope of application is verified separately. | Verify against the original records and failure modes. |
| Assessment and planning | Complete nutrition assessment and nutrition care plans | Insufficient evidence: no generative AI adoption rate, time-saving effect, nutrition assessment accuracy, layoff rate or wage and employment causation for 29-1031 was obtained in this round. Software examples, recruitment terms and employment projections cannot prove that generative AI has already sped things up or is limited to paperwork; ILO2025 measures task exposure, the ISCO mapping and exposure score for the narrow occupation were not verified in this round, and the NIST AI RMF is a voluntary governance framework that does not grant authority to diagnose and treat. | Retain human judgment along the authorization chain. |
| Boundaries beyond authority | Distinguish nutrition education from clinical diagnosis and treatment | Editorial authorization check: tool output does not grant authority to diagnose and treat or to order therapeutic diets. | Escalate according to the clinical authorization and referral process. |
| Review and improvement | Produce monitoring and review records | May assist with organization and retrieval | Conclusions are confirmed by the responsible person. |
| Inputs and versions | Verify units, ingredients and database version | Automatic nutrition estimates require human verification of portions and units | Check back against the original records and labels. |
| Boundaries and exceptions | Identify conflicting or missing information | The editor suggests handling conflicts according to real procedures; this page does not set a uniform suspension and recovery procedure. | Editorial suggestion: suspend use of output with an authorization conflict, do not carry out specific tasks beyond one's authority, and verify with the responsible person; care already lawfully under way, and whether to suspend or resume it, is handled by authorized personnel according to the applicable institutional procedures. |
| Adoption and responsibility | Produce traceable care records | Final assessment and clinical responsibility are borne by qualified personnel | The responsible person confirms authority, conclusions and documentation. |
The editor verifies the input portion, the unit of per serving or per 100 grams or millilitres, the ingredients, the database version and the output calculation; there is no quantitative research in this round on occupational accuracy or error amplification effects.
Tool output does not itself confer individual authority to diagnose and treat; the fact that a model can generate text does not mean it has been verified as correct or is directly usable. Chinese medical institutions: Article 5 of the 2022 guideline provides that physicians trained in clinical nutrition carry out diagnosis and treatment as required, and Article 6 provides that nutrition technical personnel with professional education or training carry out consultation, screening and assessment, enteral nutrition preparation, medical diet arrangement and teaching as required. Article 5 of the annex requires nutrition screening to be completed by medical staff with the relevant practice qualification and training, with the first-visit physician as the first responsible person; Article 10 provides that nutrition assessment is carried out by clinical nutrition technical personnel collecting clinical data, and Article 14 provides that records are included in the medical record. Training or a public nutritionist certificate does not itself replace the relevant practice qualification. United States hospitals 42 CFR 482.28(b)(2): all patient diets including therapeutic diets are ordered by the responsible practitioner or by a qualified nutrition professional who is both authorized by the medical institution and permitted by state law. RDN registration itself does not automatically obtain state licensing and institutional authority, and it cannot be said across the board that dietitians cannot order therapeutic diets; the specific scope of application is verified separately.
AI primarily changesConditional scenario: validated record organization and nutrition calculation, with actual usage proportions and effects not verified.
Human responsibility remainsAssessment, diagnosis and prescribing boundaries
AI primarily changesConditional scenario: permitted retrieval and material drafting, not verified adoption outcomes for this occupation.
Human responsibility remainsOriginal record verification and responsibility documentation
Cultural, religious and budget preferences, accessibility and behavioural goals need to be confirmed with the person concerned and cannot be decided for the patient by a model.
Verify records, units, ingredients and database version.
Use AI assistance only within the scope approved by the institution.
The responsible person reviews the output and checks back against the original records.
Editorial suggestion: when an allergen or authorization conflict is found, suspend use of the conflicting output or the specific task awaiting verification and report it; patient care and specific adjustments, suspension and resumption are judged by authorized personnel according to the patient's plan and institutional procedures, and not all work is stopped across the board.
Will let a seemingly reasonable calculation enter the care plan.
Control: Verify the portion, units and ingredients first.
A model prompt cannot replace nutrition assessment.
Control: Assessment and planning are made by qualified personnel.
Dietary and health information contains sensitive personal information.
Control: Health information in China is sensitive personal information, and the legal basis, specific purpose, sufficiency and necessity, strict protection, applicable notification and prior impact assessment should be verified under the Personal Information Protection Law; processing based on consent must meet requirements such as separate consent, and other statutory bases are verified separately. De-identification does not equal anonymisation, an institutionally approved account does not automatically permit uploading to external AI, and entrusted processing and access are verified against actual responsibility.
Complete supervised assessment and recording training first.
Bring AI output into the existing review process.
Set permissions, applicable populations and stop conditions first.
A substitution date cannot be derived from task exposure; clinical assessment and prescribing remain the responsibility of qualified personnel.
Source: 29-1031.00 Dietitians and NutritionistsOriginal source ↗
The editor suggests trialling and validating permitted low-risk tasks, which does not mean generative AI is legally permitted to do only these three tasks. Insufficient evidence: no generative AI adoption rate, time-saving effect, nutrition assessment accuracy, layoff rate or wage and employment causation for 29-1031 was obtained in this round. Software examples, recruitment terms and employment projections cannot prove that generative AI has already sped things up or is limited to paperwork; ILO2025 measures task exposure, the ISCO mapping and exposure score for the narrow occupation were not verified in this round, and the NIST AI RMF is a voluntary governance framework that does not grant authority to diagnose and treat.
Source: Dietitians and Nutritionists, Occupational Outlook HandbookOriginal source ↗
Chinese medical institutions: Article 5 of the 2022 guideline provides that physicians trained in clinical nutrition carry out diagnosis and treatment as required, and Article 6 provides that nutrition technical personnel with professional education or training carry out consultation, screening and assessment, enteral nutrition preparation, medical diet arrangement and teaching as required. Article 5 of the annex requires nutrition screening to be completed by medical staff with the relevant practice qualification and training, with the first-visit physician as the first responsible person; Article 10 provides that nutrition assessment is carried out by clinical nutrition technical personnel collecting clinical data, and Article 14 provides that records are included in the medical record. Training or a public nutritionist certificate does not itself replace the relevant practice qualification. United States hospitals 42 CFR 482.28(b)(2): all patient diets including therapeutic diets are ordered by the responsible practitioner or by a qualified nutrition professional who is both authorized by the medical institution and permitted by state law. RDN registration itself does not automatically obtain state licensing and institutional authority, and it cannot be said across the board that dietitians cannot order therapeutic diets; the specific scope of application is verified separately.
Source: Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0)Original source ↗
Health information in China is sensitive personal information, and the legal basis, specific purpose, sufficiency and necessity, strict protection, applicable notification and prior impact assessment should be verified under the Personal Information Protection Law; processing based on consent must meet requirements such as separate consent, and other statutory bases are verified separately. De-identification does not equal anonymisation, an institutionally approved account does not automatically permit uploading to external AI, and entrusted processing and access are verified against actual responsibility.
Insufficient evidence: no national single-occupation scope obtained
2025 health and social work: urban non-private 146266 and private 75631 yuan/year; a multi-occupation average, not the dietitian wage.
Insufficient evidence: no national single-occupation scope obtained
Insufficient evidence: no national single-occupation scope obtained
| Occupation | Scope | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical nutrition department positions | Hospital and outpatient clinical nutrition | Chinese medical institutions: Article 5 of the 2022 guideline provides that physicians trained in clinical nutrition carry out diagnosis and treatment as required, and Article 6 provides that nutrition technical personnel with professional education or training carry out consultation, screening and assessment, enteral nutrition preparation, medical diet arrangement and teaching as required. Article 5 of the annex requires nutrition screening to be completed by medical staff with the relevant practice qualification and training, with the first-visit physician as the first responsible person; Article 10 provides that nutrition assessment is carried out by clinical nutrition technical personnel collecting clinical data, and Article 14 provides that records are included in the medical record. Training or a public nutritionist certificate does not itself replace the relevant practice qualification. |
| Community and public health | Community, school and public health nutrition | Verify according to project and competent authority requirements. |
| Group catering and nutrition management | Hospitals, schools, aged care and catering | Verify according to the real food safety, catering and institutional duties; Article 8 of the clinical guideline refers specifically to medical diet and enteral nutrition preparation departments and does not directly cover all school catering positions. |
| Occupational-level wage scope | National single occupation | Insufficient evidence: no national single-occupation scope obtained. |
Insufficient evidence: no national single-occupation scope obtained
A matching medical unit background: the National Bureau of Statistics 2025 health and social work urban non-private 146266 and private 75631 yuan pretax annual average wage, covering urban legal entities with 5 or more people and excluding sole traders and freelance workers; non-private is not only state-owned enterprises. It is a multi-occupation industry average, not the median, starting salary or recruitment quote for a dietitian, nor the wage for all school catering.
Insufficient evidence: no national single-occupation scope obtained
There are clear differences between positions and regions.
Insufficient evidence: no national single-occupation scope obtained
Verify by the specific position.
The precise gap is retained; keep the real job description, pay structure, working hours and dates. No AI adoption and wage causation for this occupation was obtained, so an automatic pay rise is not inferred. Insufficient evidence: no generative AI adoption rate, time-saving effect, nutrition assessment accuracy, layoff rate or wage and employment causation for 29-1031 was obtained in this round. Software examples, recruitment terms and employment projections cannot prove that generative AI has already sped things up or is limited to paperwork; ILO2025 measures task exposure, the ISCO mapping and exposure score for the narrow occupation were not verified in this round, and the NIST AI RMF is a voluntary governance framework that does not grant authority to diagnose and treat.
| 49,090 USD/year |
| 10th percentile |
| A low-end statistical position in the distribution, not an entry-level salary. |
| Median | 76,400 USD/year | 50th percentile | Half of practitioners are below and half above this value. |
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| High | 103,720 USD/year | 90th percentile | The 90th percentile is a statistical position in employed wages; this round did not verify the causal contribution of specialism, certification or years of service to that percentile. |
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United States median wage：76,400 USD/year；21-1091.00 Health Education Specialists
United States wage 10th percentile：49,090 USD/year；21-1091.00 Health Education Specialists
United States wage 90th percentile：103,720 USD/year；21-1091.00 Health Education Specialists
United States wage unit：USD/year; USD/hour；21-1091.00 Health Education Specialists
United States wage period：May 2025 (OEWS)；21-1091.00 Health Education Specialists
Interpret according to the United States 29-1031.00 occupation and the 2025 wage and 2025—2035 projection scope.
No; United States statistics are not extrapolated to Chinese occupational wages or employment.
No; percentiles are statistical positions, not an individual starting salary or a hiring guarantee.
Use it together with the position, region, period and employment relationship.
| Industry | Original source values | How to interpret |
|---|---|---|
| Outpatient care centres | 80790 USD/year | The BLS OOH 2025 median annual wage for this occupation in the industry, not an all-occupation industry average or self-employment income. |
| Hospitals (state, local and private) | 78180 USD/year | The BLS OOH 2025 median annual wage for this occupation in the industry, not an all-occupation industry average or self-employment income. |
| Government (excluding state and local education and hospitals) | 78070 USD/year | The BLS OOH 2025 median annual wage for this occupation in the industry, not an all-occupation industry average or self-employment income. |
| Nursing and residential care facilities | 75670 USD/year | The BLS OOH 2025 median annual wage for this occupation in the industry, not an all-occupation industry average or self-employment income. |
Verify against occupational code 29-1031.00.
Verify against the source region.
Verify against the 2025 wage data and the 2025—2035 projection.
Can you stay patient and accurate when facing repeated record verification and dietary consultation?
Reverse signals include disliking repeated verification and recording, tending to give a definite diagnosis or treatment promise, finding cultural differences and budget limits hard to accept, or being unwilling to stop and hand over tasks beyond authorization.
Do not use it this way: Six interest scores S75/I63/E40/C39/R34/A23, SI code; style Impact attention to detail 90, dependability 80, cooperation 77, empathy 76, integrity 72, social orientation 69, self control 57 and stress tolerance 54. These are occupational characteristic scores, not population percentages, Big Five scores, EQ or IQ, or personal thresholds. An individual fit rate is not determined from interest scores.
Start the occupational interest testCan you maintain cross-professional communication and continuous monitoring over the long term?
Verification method: first do the paper exercises on this page (intake record verification and follow-up questions), then seek supervised placement, volunteering or job shadowing; do not use real patients for unsupervised practice.
Do not use it this way: Six interest scores S75/I63/E40/C39/R34/A23, SI code; style Impact attention to detail 90, dependability 80, cooperation 77, empathy 76, integrity 72, social orientation 69, self control 57 and stress tolerance 54. These are occupational characteristic scores, not population percentages, Big Five scores, EQ or IQ, or personal thresholds. This is not converted into a Big Five threshold.
Start the occupational interest testWould you rather do individual clinical consultation, or group programmes and public health?
Interest assessments can only suggest exploration directions; whether it suits you still depends on observable performance, formal education, supervised practice, health load and the qualification requirements of the location.
Do not use it this way: Preference descriptions are not conclusions about ability.
Start the occupational interest testCan you accept budget and accessibility limits, differences in adherence and emotional communication?
Verify through actual observation and institutional feedback, not by assessment.
Do not use it this way: Not used as a basis for hiring.
Start the occupational interest testWhen information conflicts or a matter exceeds authorization, can you stop and hand it over?
Observe how the person judges and hands over in a simulated or supervised setting.
Do not use it this way: O*NET abilities and Job Zone are not an individual IQ score, and the recording exercise is not treated as clinical practice qualification.
Start the occupational interest testCan you hand over clearly with physicians, nurses and the catering team?
Verify through handover records and team feedback.
Do not use it this way: Empathy 76 and self control 57 are occupational work styles, not a high EQ threshold or test validity.
Start the occupational interest testFits better when: The editor compares interest in needs assessment, group programme implementation and outcome evaluation.
Watch for: Target 21-1091 includes group health programmes and resource coordination, and nutrition experience does not prove direct competence.
Explore related career: Health educatorsFits better when: The editor compares medication review, explanation and patient communication tasks.
Watch for: Target 29-1051 involves drug selection, dosage, interactions and side effects; pharmacy education and licensing are verified separately, and nutrition experience does not automatically substitute.
Explore related career: PharmacistsFits better when: The editor compares activities, environmental adjustment and individual functional training.
Watch for: Target 29-1122 rebuilds occupational, household and independent living function, requiring rehabilitation techniques and the target qualification; it is not the same as group nutrition programmes.
Explore related career: Occupational therapistsFits better when: The editor compares cardiorespiratory, body composition, muscular strength and endurance and flexibility training goals.
Watch for: Target 29-1128 assesses, plans or implements exercise programmes, with testing skills and local qualifications verified separately; nutrition monitoring is not automatically authorized.
Explore related career: Exercise physiologistsFits better when: The editor compares nursing plans, medical records and actual nursing responsibility.
Watch for: Target 29-1141 assesses needs and implements nursing plans and requires registration or licensing; nutrition consultation does not automatically substitute for nursing training.
Explore related career: Registered nursesFits better when: Can you keep building up the education, internship and licensing requirements?
Watch for: Qualification and licensing are verified by jurisdiction.
Verify through supervised practice and record review.
Save them according to the process and keep the calculation process.
Set stop and escalation conditions and keep records.
State the handover recipient, status and responsible person.
Revise the plan according to the review comments.
Verify by location and employer.
Tool functions and people's lawful authority are verified separately; nutrition personnel may, when the conditions are met, complete assessment and the related dietary duties, and the possibility of a tool must not be mistaken for permission or a conclusion about substitution. Chinese medical institutions: Article 5 of the 2022 guideline provides that physicians trained in clinical nutrition carry out diagnosis and treatment as required, and Article 6 provides that nutrition technical personnel with professional education or training carry out consultation, screening and assessment, enteral nutrition preparation, medical diet arrangement and teaching as required. Article 5 of the annex requires nutrition screening to be completed by medical staff with the relevant practice qualification and training, with the first-visit physician as the first responsible person; Article 10 provides that nutrition assessment is carried out by clinical nutrition technical personnel collecting clinical data, and Article 14 provides that records are included in the medical record. Training or a public nutritionist certificate does not itself replace the relevant practice qualification. United States hospitals 42 CFR 482.28(b)(2): all patient diets including therapeutic diets are ordered by the responsible practitioner or by a qualified nutrition professional who is both authorized by the medical institution and permitted by state law. RDN registration itself does not automatically obtain state licensing and institutional authority, and it cannot be said across the board that dietitians cannot order therapeutic diets; the specific scope of application is verified separately.
Complete one reviewable paper record verification exercise.
How to reduce risk：Stop drawing conclusions, check back against the original label and record, and refer to qualified personnel for review.
Evidence：29-1031.00 Dietitians and Nutritionists
Typical scenario：Misreading or miscalculating units such as per serving or per 100 grams or millilitres.
Roles most affected：Dietitians and nutritionists
Possible consequence：Distorts nutrition calculations and plans and affects monitoring and education outcomes.
How to reduce risk：The editor suggests keeping the original units, the calculation process and the source; a second-person review follows the real procedures, and a uniform requirement is not laid down for all settings.
Evidence：29-1031.00 Dietitians and Nutritionists
Typical scenario：Carrying out diagnosis and treatment or ordering or adjusting therapeutic diets without the authority required by the work location and institution.
Roles most affected：Dietitians and nutritionists
Possible consequence：Exceeds the scope of duties and may cause harm and liability risk.
How to reduce risk：Chinese medical institutions: Article 5 of the 2022 guideline provides that physicians trained in clinical nutrition carry out diagnosis and treatment as required, and Article 6 provides that nutrition technical personnel with professional education or training carry out consultation, screening and assessment, enteral nutrition preparation, medical diet arrangement and teaching as required. Article 5 of the annex requires nutrition screening to be completed by medical staff with the relevant practice qualification and training, with the first-visit physician as the first responsible person; Article 10 provides that nutrition assessment is carried out by clinical nutrition technical personnel collecting clinical data, and Article 14 provides that records are included in the medical record. Training or a public nutritionist certificate does not itself replace the relevant practice qualification. United States hospitals 42 CFR 482.28(b)(2): all patient diets including therapeutic diets are ordered by the responsible practitioner or by a qualified nutrition professional who is both authorized by the medical institution and permitted by state law. RDN registration itself does not automatically obtain state licensing and institutional authority, and it cannot be said across the board that dietitians cannot order therapeutic diets; the specific scope of application is verified separately.
Evidence：Guidelines for the Construction and Management of Clinical Nutrition Departments and the screening and assessment annex (full text reproduced by the Hunan government) · 42 CFR §482.28 hospital food and dietetic services
Typical scenario：Entering identifiable dietary and health information into unapproved tools or disclosing it externally.
Roles most affected：Dietitians and nutritionists
Possible consequence：May cause personal information leakage or unlawful processing; lack of approval does not mean a leak has occurred.
How to reduce risk：Health information in China is sensitive personal information, and the legal basis, specific purpose, sufficiency and necessity, strict protection, applicable notification and prior impact assessment should be verified under the Personal Information Protection Law; processing based on consent must meet requirements such as separate consent, and other statutory bases are verified separately. De-identification does not equal anonymisation, an institutionally approved account does not automatically permit uploading to external AI, and entrusted processing and access are verified against actual responsibility.
Evidence：Personal Information Protection Law boundaries for patient and health information
Typical scenario：The authorization and responsibility of clinical, community and catering positions differ, or the qualification and licensing status is unclear.
Roles most affected：Dietitians and nutritionists
Possible consequence：May breach the qualification or practice rules of the target location; uncertainty itself does not automatically invalidate a qualification.
How to reduce risk：Editorial suggestion: until the qualification or authority is verified, do not carry out specific tasks that depend on that authority, keep the verification basis and refer to the responsible person for review; care already lawfully under way follows the applicable procedures, and specific adjustments are judged by authorized personnel.
Evidence：Guidelines for the Construction and Management of Clinical Nutrition Departments and the screening and assessment annex (full text reproduced by the Hunan government) · 42 CFR §482.28 hospital food and dietetic services
Typical scenario：A task beyond the scope of authorization is encountered.
Roles most affected：Dietitians and nutritionists
Possible consequence：Exceeding authority or health harm may occur; the frequency of irreversible consequences was not verified in this round.
How to reduce risk：Editorial suggestion: do not carry out specific tasks beyond one's authorization and pass the issue to authorized personnel; this is not extended into an instruction to stop all care, and suspension and resumption are judged according to real institutional procedures.
Evidence：Guidelines for the Construction and Management of Clinical Nutrition Departments and the screening and assessment annex (full text reproduced by the Hunan government) · 42 CFR §482.28 hospital food and dietetic services
| Role | Initial tasks | Boundaries of authority | Evidence | Subsequent directions |
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| Supervised clinical nutrition internship (current students or recent graduates) | Under a mentor's supervision, verify dietary and health history, assist with nutrition screening and assessment, and practise recording and writing education material. | Must not independently make a nutrition diagnosis or treatment prescription; enteral nutrition preparation and medical diet arrangement must be completed under the supervision of authorized personnel. | Internship records, supervised screening and assessment checklists, and mentor comments. | Complete the applicable degree, ACEND course and supervised practice and take the examination after CDR verification; Chinese positions are verified separately by institution and guideline. |
Typical scope：Reference answer: the drink contains about 45 grams of added sugar (500 millilitres × 9 grams per 100 millilitres); it should be asked whether the recorded portions are cooked or raw weight and whether there are unrecorded seasonings and snacks; replacing part of the sugary drink with an accessible sugar-free drink can be discussed. Throughout, stay within nutrition education and lifestyle discussion and do not give a disease prescription.
Readiness evidence：Internship records and supervised screening and assessment checklists.
Credential boundary：Verify the graduate degree, applicable ACEND course and supervised practice according to CDR or the specific programme; different paths do not have uniform hours.
Next moves：Complete the applicable programme and, after CDR verification, take the registration examination; state licensing and employer conditions are verified separately.
Typical scope：Employer evidence can be a one-page anonymised simulation record and verification table: field sources, units, calculation process, questions to follow up, substitution options and boundary notes are clear; do not display real health information or package the paper task as clinical capability.
Readiness evidence：Assessment and follow-up records completed independently and quality sampling results.
Credential boundary：RDN registration, applicable state licensing and institutional authority are verified separately, and all independent duties are not inferred from an entry-level title.
Expand into a specialism or join a multidisciplinary team.
Verify dietary and health history, label units, ingredients and the scope of authorization.
Complete assessment, planning and education according to guidelines and institutional protocol.
Produce reviewable records and hand over exceptions and unfinished items.
Expand specialist, programme and quality management duties within the scope of authorization.
Does not establish：Cannot serve as a guarantee of individual employment.
United States · Dietitians and nutritionists (29-1031.00)
About 86,300 people in 2025
Employment scale
Employment stock and openings are not the same indicator.
Does not establish：Cannot serve as a guarantee of individual employment.
United States · Dietitians and nutritionists (29-1031.00)
About 5,700 openings per year on average over 2025—2035
Job openings
Annual average openings include both growth and replacement and are not an annual net increase or a ten-year total. Current 2025—2035 national projection: employment 86300 in 2025→a projected 93000 in 2035, a net increase of 6700, growth of 7.7% in BLS Table 1.2 (OOH and O*NET round to 8%), and 5700 annual average openings including growth and replacement. Self-employment in Table 1.2 is 8.5% (OOH rounds to 9%); the precision of each indicator is retained, and this is not actual new recruitment, an individual hiring rate or AI causation.
Does not establish：Cannot serve as a guarantee of individual employment.
These are capability relationships, not automatic promotions or credential waivers.
Transfers：Moving to health education programmes requires building up needs assessment, group communication and programme outcome evaluation, evidenced by programme plans and reviews.
Build next：Moving to an exercise physiology position requires building up exercise testing, training prescription boundaries and physiological monitoring; nutrition experience cannot substitute for the corresponding qualification.
View career profileTransfers：Transferable capabilities: nutrition knowledge and patient communication habits.
Build next：To be built up: pharmacy professional knowledge, internship and licensing.
View career profileTransfers：Transferable capabilities: assessment and individual communication experience.
Build next：To be built up: functional assessment, rehabilitation techniques and clinical authorization.
View career profileTransfers：Transferable capabilities: health behaviour change and monitoring experience.
Build next：To be built up: exercise testing, physiological monitoring and the corresponding qualification.
View career profileTransfers：Transferable capabilities: health communication and awareness of record standards.
Build next：To be built up: nursing education, clinical practice and registration licensing.
View career profileTransfers：Transferable capabilities: basic nutrition and dietary knowledge.
Build next：Target 29-2051 works under the supervision of a dietitian and also includes nutrition assessment, teaching and research; verify the target education or NDTR and unit duties, and it cannot be treated merely as a records assistant.
View career profileHealth educators do group programme design and evaluation; pharmacists review and dispense medication; occupational therapists restore function through activity and environmental adjustment; exercise physiologists design exercise programmes; registered nurses implement nursing plans. This occupation deals with nutritional status and eating behaviour and directly carries out nutrition assessment, nutrition care and monitoring.
Fit is judged by observable performance: whether records and units can be verified item by item, whether guidelines can be turned into executable choices, whether cultural and budget limits are respected, whether monitoring is continuous rather than a one-off verdict, and whether you are willing to stop and hand over tasks beyond authorization.
AI can assist with record organization, label and nutrition calculation, drafting education material and follow-up reminders, but it cannot diagnose disease, generate a therapeutic prescription, or give a reliable substitution rate or timeline.
People must control verification of allergens and dietary restrictions, units and calculations, privacy, diagnosis or prescribing beyond authority, and final clinical responsibility; unverified output must not enter the medical record or care plan directly.
Current official wage material in mainland China has no national occupational wage distribution corresponding one-to-one to United States 29-1031.00, so no precise median, percentile, starting salary or monthly wage is displayed, and no industry average or recruitment quote is used to fill in.
The 2025 national median wage for United States 29-1031.00 is 76,400 USD per year and 36.73 USD per hour; this is not a novice starting salary, a specific regional quote or a personal total income.
In the United States a bachelor's or master's degree plus a supervised internship is usually required, and most states require a licence; clinical nutrition department positions in mainland China and public nutritionist skill levels are different systems. Specific courses, internships and qualifications must be verified by location and employer.
Inconsistent allergen or dietary restriction information, wrong units and calculations, giving a diagnosis or treatment prescription beyond authority, and handling identifiable health information without approval should all trigger stopping, verification or escalation.
United States 29-1031.00 had about 86,300 positions in 2025, is projected to grow 8% over 2025—2035 with about 5,700 annual average openings; a national projection does not represent individual hiring. Moving toward health education or exercise physiology requires building up the corresponding capability and qualification.
If you can maintain record verification, unit conversion, cross-professional communication and continuous monitoring over the long term, and are willing to take on authorized responsibility through formal education and supervised practice, this path is worth continuing to verify.
FermatMind research workflow
updated 2026; accessed 2026-09-19
29-1031.00 Dietitians and Nutritionists
Limitations：Only a task comparison with the target adjacent occupation; does not support risk control or training permission for this occupation.
Limitations：Only a task comparison with the target adjacent occupation; does not support risk control or training permission for this occupation.
Limitations：Only a task comparison with the target adjacent occupation; does not support risk control or training permission for this occupation.
Limitations：Only a task comparison with the target adjacent occupation; does not support risk control or training permission for this occupation.
Limitations：Only a task comparison with the target adjacent occupation; does not support risk control or training permission for this occupation.
Limitations：The main text was not obtained in this round, so it is not claimed that the 2024 professional standard has been verified; the professional standard itself is not state law.
Limitations：The editorial design is not external occupational fact, qualification, regulation, wages, adoption rates or employment evidence.
Limitations：A matching medical unit background: the National Bureau of Statistics 2025 health and social work urban non-private 146266 and private 75631 yuan pretax annual average wage, covering urban legal entities with 5 or more people and excluding sole traders and freelance workers; non-private is not only state-owned enterprises. It is a multi-occupation industry average, not the median, starting salary or recruitment quote for a dietitian, nor the wage for all school catering.
Limitations：Does not define Chinese qualification, clinical authorization or wages.
Limitations：National statistical positions are not an individual starting salary or a regional quote.
These are the position and process requirements for clinical nutrition departments in mainland China medical institutions and do not equal the licensing, registration or wage scope of United States 29-1031.00.
Limitations：This is a work advancement requirement and does not provide occupational wages, position numbers or an individual hiring promise.
Limitations：The official public PDF actually read in this round is cited separately as r5-cn-standard; skill levels do not stand in for medical practice qualification, and the current application notice is verified separately.
Limitations：The framework provides a risk management method and does not provide adoption rates, substitution probability or compliance conclusions for this occupation.
Limitations：Insufficient evidence: no generative AI adoption rate, time-saving effect, nutrition assessment accuracy, layoff rate or wage and employment causation for 29-1031 was obtained in this round. Software examples, recruitment terms and employment projections cannot prove that generative AI has already sped things up or is limited to paperwork; ILO2025 measures task exposure, the ISCO mapping and exposure score for the narrow occupation were not verified in this round, and the NIST AI RMF is a voluntary governance framework that does not grant authority to diagnose and treat.
Limitations：Full-time and part-time employees, straight time, pretax, excluding the self-employed; includes piece-rate, commission and production bonuses and some allowances, and excludes overtime premiums and shift differentials and so on, and performance pay is not excluded across the board. Personal annual working hours and take-home pay are verified separately.
Limitations：6 / 13 / 21 / 28—30 / 51 / 55 / 73: identifiable medical and health data are sensitive, requiring a specific purpose, sufficiency and necessity, strict protection and applicable notification and prior impact assessment; consent as a basis requires separate consent, but Article 13 has other lawful bases. Ordinary contact details are not inherently all sensitive, and this is verified specifically in the medical context. De-identification is not anonymisation, and an account does not automatically authorize uploading to external AI; the cross-border supporting provisions were not fully verified.
Limitations：Voluntary AI governance recommendations are not medical regulations, sterilization standards or practice authorization, nor are they a measured test of tool adoption or efficiency gains.
Limitations：The ILO2025 summary was actually read in this batch, and the reliable mapping of SOC29-1031 to ISCO and its score were not verified for this occupation; it is not claimed that the complete study has no score; exposure is not adoption, effect or substitution.
Limitations：National trend rounded for 2025—2035; not individual hiring or AI impact.
Limitations：29-1031: 86.3→93.0 thousand, a net change of 6.7 thousand, 7.7%, 5.7 thousand annual average openings, self-employment 8.5%; typical bachelor's degree, no related experience, Internship/residency. This does not replace the RDN application requirements.
Limitations：2025 all unique job postings associated with this occupation: Office4%, Excel2%, Outlook2%, Word1%, PowerPoint1%; not software adoption rates or generative AI effectiveness.
Limitations：A graduate degree minimum, the applicable ACEND course and supervised practice path, and the examination after CDR verification; internationally equivalent qualifications also require a recognised evaluation and programme review. Different paths do not have uniform hours and do not replace state licensing.
Limitations：Take the registration examination after meeting the qualification and CDR verification; an occupational field is not the same as all of everyone's authorization.
Limitations：(b)(2) therapeutic diets may be ordered by the responsible practitioner, or by a qualified nutrition professional who is both authorized by the medical institution and permitted by state law; (a) a qualified dietitian may be full-time, part-time or a consultant, and it is not specified that all positions are full-time.
Limitations：Plans food service or nutrition programmes under the supervision of a dietitian and may plan and prepare meals; includes teaching, research and nutrition assessment, not merely a records assistant; qualification is verified separately.
Limitations：Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
The tasks and context for this occupation, national and industry wages, the current 2025—2035 projection, CDR application and hospital dietary authority, the Chinese clinical guideline and the wage industry proxy have each been verified separately. The main text of the original CDR2024 PDF was not obtained, and the gaps in precise Chinese occupational wages and AI effectiveness are retained.
| Entry-level clinical dietitian (hospital or outpatient) | Independently complete routine nutrition assessment, nutrition care plans, nutrition education and follow-up records. | Chinese medical institutions: Article 5 of the 2022 guideline provides that physicians trained in clinical nutrition carry out diagnosis and treatment as required, and Article 6 provides that nutrition technical personnel with professional education or training carry out consultation, screening and assessment, enteral nutrition preparation, medical diet arrangement and teaching as required. Article 5 of the annex requires nutrition screening to be completed by medical staff with the relevant practice qualification and training, with the first-visit physician as the first responsible person; Article 10 provides that nutrition assessment is carried out by clinical nutrition technical personnel collecting clinical data, and Article 14 provides that records are included in the medical record. Training or a public nutritionist certificate does not itself replace the relevant practice qualification. United States hospitals 42 CFR 482.28(b)(2): all patient diets including therapeutic diets are ordered by the responsible practitioner or by a qualified nutrition professional who is both authorized by the medical institution and permitted by state law. RDN registration itself does not automatically obtain state licensing and institutional authority, and it cannot be said across the board that dietitians cannot order therapeutic diets; the specific scope of application is verified separately. | Assessment and follow-up records completed independently, and institutional quality sampling results. | Once quality is stable, expand into a specialism or join a multidisciplinary team. |
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| Specialist dietitian (diabetes, renal, oncology, paediatrics and others) | Complete protocol-based assessment, cooperation with nutrition therapy, monitoring and education according to specialist guidelines. | The corresponding specialist training and experience are required; different specialisms have different protocols and authorization and are not automatically transferable across specialisms. | Specialist training records and review results of specialist cases. | Take part in specialist advanced training and handle more complex cases. |
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| Community and public health nutrition | Design and implement group nutrition programmes, nutrition education and monitoring, and take part in policy and health promotion. | Programme effects and population data must be collected and interpreted according to standards; group conclusions are not applied directly to individual diagnosis and treatment. | Programme plans, monitoring data and outcome evaluation reports. | Take on programme leadership or regional nutrition management duties. |
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| Group catering and nutrition management / mentoring | Responsible for menu and recipe standardisation, cost and quality management, mentoring newcomers and taking part in process improvement. | Management duties require institutional appointment and corresponding training; this does not confer clinical diagnostic and prescribing authority. | Menu and cost records, quality improvement and mentoring records. | Move toward nutrition department management, catering management or nutrition education. |
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| Stage | Observed evidence | Possible check | escalation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualification verification before interview and hiring | Education or degree, internship or supervised training experience, licensing or registration status, and understanding of the boundaries of authorization. | Verify the education, internship and licensing status held, and ask how the person judges a task that exceeds authorization. | Where qualifications do not match the position requirements, refer to recruitment and the hiring department for confirmation rather than judging personally. |
| Induction and position training period | Records of completing institutional training, nutrition assessment and record systems, and infection control and food safety processes. | Observe whether records and reviews follow institutional protocol and whether allergen information is handled according to the standards. | If training is not completed or the assessment is not passed, suspend independent work and arrange supplementary training. |
| Supervised independent work period | Assessment and follow-up records completed under supervision, calculation review results and exception handover records. | Sample record completeness, the accuracy of units and calculations, and the timeliness of exception reporting. | If recording or calculation problems recur, refer them to mentoring staff for handling and arrange retraining. |
| Routine independent position period | Independent work records, quality sampling results and continuing education records. | Verify whether the licence or registration is within its validity period, and assess quality and collaboration performance. | If a safety incident or conduct beyond authorization occurs, report and handle it according to institutional rules. |
| Qualification | Conditions | Boundaries | Evidence | Jurisdiction | Next step | Review |
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| Bachelor's or master's degree (nutrition, dietetics, food and nutrition and related majors) | BLS describes this occupation as usually a bachelor's or master's degree plus supervised training, with training either within a university programme or after graduation, and many states require licensing, while other states have registration, title certification or no such requirement, which cannot be translated as most states. The minimum for CDR RDN application is a graduate degree, plus the applicable ACEND course and supervised practice path and CDR verification before the examination may be taken; the DPD plus DI and the integrated CP/GP paths differ, and foreign equivalent qualifications require a recognised evaluation and programme review. | Education itself does not automatically obtain licensing, registration or clinical authorization. | Diploma and transcripts, course and internship records. | Verify by work location and employer. | Verify the target institution's specific requirements for major and courses. | Confirmed by the educational institution and the employer. |
| Supervised internship or residency (Internship/residency) | Training may take place within a university programme or after graduation; CDR supervised practice has different ACEND paths, and the duration and cost of all paths were not verified in this round. | Completing the internship does not mean obtaining a licence or registration qualification. | Internship duration and mentor comment records. | Verify by the specific programme and jurisdiction. | Verify the internship duration requirement of the target licence or registration. | Confirmed by the internship institution and the licensing body. |
| Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN, United States) | A graduate degree minimum, the applicable ACEND course and supervised practice, and the examination after CDR qualification verification; continuing education requirements follow the current CDR arrangements, and credits and fees were not verified item by item in this round. | United States hospitals 42 CFR 482.28(b)(2): all patient diets including therapeutic diets are ordered by the responsible practitioner or by a qualified nutrition professional who is both authorized by the medical institution and permitted by state law. RDN registration itself does not automatically obtain state licensing and institutional authority, and it cannot be said across the board that dietitians cannot order therapeutic diets; the specific scope of application is verified separately. | Registration certificate and validity, and continuing education records. | Verify by work location and employer. | Verify the CDR application and maintenance requirements. | Confirmed by CDR. |
| State licence, registration or title certification (United States, conditions vary) | BLS describes that many states require licensing, other states have registration or title certification, and a few have no such requirement; no state-by-state count was made in this round, so most is not written. | Licensing requirements vary by state, and practising across states requires separate verification. | Licence and renewal records. | Verify by the specific state. | Verify the licence requirements and mutual recognition arrangements of the target state. | Confirmed by the state regulatory body. |
| Public nutritionist occupational skill level certificate (mainland China) | The 2021 public nutritionist skill standard 4-14-02-01 sets levels four to one and general education of senior high school or equivalent; each level is applied for through different branches such as work, relevant education, or a certificate and training. The reference study hours 200 / 150 / 150 / 100 are not mandatory hours or a fixed calendar duration for all branches; theory, skills and the applicable comprehensive review each require 60, with technicians and senior technicians undergoing a comprehensive review. Verify against the assessment institution's current application conditions; the certificate does not automatically confer clinical authority, United States RDN registration or state licensing. | A skill level certificate does not automatically confer authority for disease diagnosis, treatment or prescribing, and specific medical technical positions still require verification of clinical education or training and the applicable practice qualification. | Occupational skill level certificate and online query records. | Verify according to mainland China provisions. | Verify the assessment institution's filing and application conditions. | Confirmed by the assessment institution and the employer. |
| Clinical nutrition professional training and position authorization (medical institutions in mainland China) | Receive clinical nutrition professional education or training according to the Guidelines for the Construction and Management of Clinical Nutrition Departments (trial). | Chinese medical institutions: Article 5 of the 2022 guideline provides that physicians trained in clinical nutrition carry out diagnosis and treatment as required, and Article 6 provides that nutrition technical personnel with professional education or training carry out consultation, screening and assessment, enteral nutrition preparation, medical diet arrangement and teaching as required. Article 5 of the annex requires nutrition screening to be completed by medical staff with the relevant practice qualification and training, with the first-visit physician as the first responsible person; Article 10 provides that nutrition assessment is carried out by clinical nutrition technical personnel collecting clinical data, and Article 14 provides that records are included in the medical record. Training or a public nutritionist certificate does not itself replace the relevant practice qualification. | Training records and institutional position authorization documents. | Verify according to mainland China and institutional provisions. | Verify the institutional position duties and scope of authorization. | Confirmed by the institution and the competent authority. |
Typical scope：Seven-day experience: day 1 read and understand the fields and units; day 2 complete the first version of the calculation and record; day 3 compare against the reference approach to find omissions and correct them; day 4 rewrite it as a one-page handover draft; day 5 ask someone else to review it using only the material and record ambiguities; day 6 revise it and record energy, patience and error types; day 7 compare the two versions, judge whether you want to continue training, and write continue, caution or stop with reasons.
Readiness evidence：Specialist training records and complex case review results.
Credential boundary：Obtain the corresponding specialist training and experience.
Next moves：Take part in specialist advanced training and handle more complex cases.
Typical scope：Growth usually shows as being able to independently complete more complex nutrition assessment and monitoring under supervision, take part in multidisciplinary teams, and take on education projects or catering and quality management; each direction requires different supervised practice, qualifications and outcome evidence, and general nutrition knowledge cannot be equated with clinical authorization.
Readiness evidence：Quality improvement and mentoring records.
Credential boundary：Attend mentoring and quality management training as required by the institution.
Next moves：Move toward nutrition department management, catering management or nutrition education.
Typical scope：Clarify the target direction (clinical, community, public health, catering management or research) and the required qualification.
Readiness evidence：Learning records for the direction and qualification.
Credential boundary：Build up the education, internship and licensing required by the direction.
Next moves：Move into supervised specialist or project practice.
Typical scope：Independently complete complex or high-risk cases and accept review.
Readiness evidence：Complex case review and quality sampling results.
Credential boundary：Maintain licensing, registration and continuing education.
Next moves：Take on more complex cases and mentoring.
Typical scope：Design and evaluate group nutrition programmes and produce reviewable outcome data.
Readiness evidence：Programme plans and outcome evaluation records.
Credential boundary：Attend training as required by the programme and competent authority.
Next moves：Take part in regional or institutional nutrition programme management.
Typical scope：Produce reusable processes, material and training content.
Readiness evidence：Review records for the specifications and training material.
Credential boundary：Attend teaching and quality management training as required by the position.
Next moves：Move toward nutrition education or a quality lead role.
Typical scope：Coordinate nutrition care and catering arrangements within the scope of authorization.
Readiness evidence：Scheduling and coordination records.
Credential boundary：Attend management training as required by the institution.
Next moves：Take on quality sampling and feedback duties.
Typical scope：Sample record quality, units and calculation accuracy and feed back improvement suggestions.
Readiness evidence：Quality sampling and improvement records.
Credential boundary：Attend quality management and food safety training as required by the institution.
Next moves：Take part in quality improvement projects.
Typical scope：Implement and document allergen, infection control and information handling standards.
Readiness evidence：Risk and compliance check records.
Credential boundary：Attend the relevant training as required by the institution.
Next moves：Take on compliance and safety management duties.
Typical scope：Implement quality and safety responsibilities according to institutional rules and keep evidence.
Readiness evidence：Quality and safety management records.
Credential boundary：Attend management and compliance training as required by the position.
Next moves：Move toward nutrition department management or institutional management.
Limitations：United States national occupational overview; state and employer requirements still need item-by-item verification.
Limitations：Chinese medical institutions: Article 5 of the 2022 guideline provides that physicians trained in clinical nutrition carry out diagnosis and treatment as required, and Article 6 provides that nutrition technical personnel with professional education or training carry out consultation, screening and assessment, enteral nutrition preparation, medical diet arrangement and teaching as required, and this is not uniformly reduced to merely organising material. Article 5 of the annex requires nutrition screening to be completed by medical staff with the relevant practice qualification and training, with the first-visit physician as the first responsible person; Article 10 provides that assessment is carried out by clinical nutrition technical personnel collecting clinical data, and Article 14 provides that records are included in the medical record. Pre-job training or a public nutritionist certificate does not itself replace the relevant practice qualification. Article 8 of the guideline requires the medical diet and enteral nutrition preparation departments of a clinical nutrition department to establish staff health files, ingredient files, tableware disinfection, food sample retention and hygiene inspection systems, and this is not interpreted directly as the same clinical duty for every school canteen or every cook; specific temperature, two-person verification and shutdown and recovery are verified against the applicable procedures, and no uniform parameters were obtained in this round.
Limitations：The 2021 public nutritionist skill standard 4-14-02-01 covers nutrition assessment and guidance, knowledge dissemination and promoting public health, with levels four, three, two and one and general education of senior high school or equivalent; level four has different branches such as experience after a related certificate plus training, 6 accumulated years of work, or a specified related school, and level three has further branches such as a related university major, or a non-related major plus experience or training. The reference study hours 200 / 150 / 150 / 100 are not mandatory hours or calendar duration for all paths; theory, skills and the applicable comprehensive review each require 60, with technicians and senior technicians undergoing a comprehensive review. Practice is verified against the institution's current application notice, and the old 2021 text or paid training is not treated as automatically obtaining a qualification, practice licence or subsidy. Of the 18 pages, the publication page and p1 through 8, covering the relevant definitions, levels, conditions and methods, were actually read, and the PDF p4 was checked visually; it is not claimed that all work tables have been reviewed.
