Technician in Dietetics

About

This post-compulsory program trains students to prepare diets, control the quality of people’s food, analyse eating behaviours and schedule and apply educational activities to improve people’s eating habits.

The duration is 2,000 hours (1,590 in class and 410 in internships) divided in two academic years.

Access

People having some of the following requirements can access directly to the program:

• Have the high school diploma or equivalent
• Have a Vocational Education and Training diploma (VET) or a Certificate of Higher Education (HNC)
• Professional or technical specialist
• Have any Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
• Having passed the university entrance test for over 25 years

People not having any of the aforementioned requirements must pass an entrance test. In order to apply, it is necessary be aged 19 years old or turn 19 during the year in which the test will take place.

Objectives

The Technician in Dietetics training is based on the following competences:

• The elaboration and supervision of adapted diets for persons and groups according to their nutritional needs.
• The elaboration and supervision of adapted diets for patients and groups according to their specific pathologies.
• The control and supervision of the qualitative composition of foods, to determine its hygienic and dietetic quality.
• The supervision of preservation, handling and transformation of foods.
• The promotion of people’s and the community health through activities that promote good eating habits.
• Analyse persons and groups dietary needs.
• Identify physiological, pathological and socio-cultural characteristics for dietary specifications and interpret anthropometric and clinical data of the prescription and medical record.
• Detect preferences, possibilities and other information having an impact on the diet monitoring and relate all the information obtained through baseline dietary and nutritional parameters to elaborate and adapt diets and follow up.
• Interpret the data of the prescription, the dietary record and foods and nutritional tables, calculate the necessary energy requirements and determine the type and quantity of foods that can be eaten, its distribution and the way of cooking, as well as schedule the dietary monitoring in order to respond to the dietary needs of persons or groups.
• Control the processes of preservation, handling and transformation of foods, identify its physicochemical and organoleptic characteristics, and relate the systems and conditions of preservation, packaging, storage, preparation and cooking with the critical points and control procedures.
• Interpret the applicable regulations in each case, detect alterations in processes and products and propose corrective measures to verify the hygienic and dietary quality of food for human consumption.

Internship

Internships can be carried out in the catering services of hospitals and clinics, dietetics offices, nursing homes, catering companies, hotels, gyms, and sports clubs. All of them are reference centers in the regions of Girona and Barcelona.

Credits

C1 Organization and Management of work in the Dietetics Unit/Cabinet (60 hours)
C2: Balanced Nutrition (270 hours)
C3: Diet Therapy (240 hours)
C4: Food Control (180 hours)
C5: Microbiology and Food Hygiene (180 hours)
C6: Health Education and Promotion (90 hours)
C7: Pathophysiology in Dietetics (240 hours)
C8: Relationships within the Work Team (60 hours)
C9: Professional Training and Career Guidance (60 hours)
C10: Internships (410 hours)
C11: Synthesis (60 hours)
C12: Creation and Digital Developement (30 hours)
C13: Sports Nutrition (45 hours)
C14: Nutritional Coaching (60 hours)
C15: Cooking Workshop (21 hours)

Career opportunities

Pre-enrollment

Pre-enrollment: Open
Enrollment: Open

We remind you that the reservation of the place will only be considered effective once the payment of the pre-enrollment fee of 315 € has been validated. This payment must be made to the account number specified in the last section of the pre-enrollment form. It is very important that when making the transfer, you include the name and surname of the student and the name of the studies which are pre-enrolling. Once your place is confirmed in July, you will need to make a payment of 321 €* which corresponds to the enrollment fee.

You could do it by the next link:

– HIGHER EDUCATION CERTIFICATES (HNC)
– VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (VET)

For the enrollments, you could contact us by:

• Web: www.euses.cat
• Telephone: 972 405 130
• WhatsApp: 646 79 67 37
• Mail: ciclesformatius@euses.cat / promocio@euses.cat