Dietetic Technicians
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 29-2051.00
Assist in the provision of food service and nutritional programs, under the supervision of a dietitian. May plan and produce meals based on established guidelines, teach principles of food and nutrition, or counsel individuals.
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
High· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.245
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published
Mapped onto O*NET tasks
Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.30
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
Task-level exposure
Exposed tasks only13 rated tasks · 12 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (92.3%)
β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.
- Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
- All rated tasks are in the O*NET 31.0 task list.
- Source
- OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
- Release
- gh-main-0471612
- License
- MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI
| Task (O*NET 20.1) | Claude.aiRaw / share % | APIRaw / share % |
|---|---|---|
Plan menus or diets or guide individuals or families in food selection, preparation, or menu planning, based upon nutritional needs and established guidelines.29-2051.00 | 0.032954.4 | 0.006333.9 |
Conduct nutritional assessments of individuals, including obtaining and evaluating individuals' dietary histories, to plan nutritional programs.29-2051.00 | 0.019331.9 | 0.006032.2 |
Provide dietitians with assistance researching food, nutrition, or food service systems.29-2051.00 | 0.008313.7 | 0.004122.2 |
Analyze menus or recipes, standardize recipes, or test new products. | —0 | 0.002211.7 |
| Not observed on any surface — 8 task(s) — These tasks have no row in the source for this release. The 0 in the share row is a display-stage composition ratio; absence is what the — in the raw row states. | ||
Observe patient food intake and report progress and dietary problems to dietician. | —0 | —0 |
Prepare a major meal, following recipes and determining group food quantities. | —0 | —0 |
Supervise food production or service or assist dietitians or nutritionists in food service supervision or planning. | —0 | —0 |
Determine food and beverage costs and assist in implementing cost control procedures. | —0 | —0 |
Develop job specifications, job descriptions, or work schedules. | —0 | —0 |
Select, schedule, or conduct orientation or in-service education programs. | —0 | —0 |
Deliver speeches on diet, nutrition, or health to promote healthy eating habits and illness prevention and treatment. | —0 | —0 |
Refer patients to other relevant services to provide continuity of care. | —0 | —0 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task (O*NET 27.2) | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Prepare a major meal, following recipes and determining group food quantities.O*NET Task ID 4165 | 1.0 |
Develop job specifications, job descriptions, or work schedules.O*NET Task ID 4171 | 1.0 |
Analyze menus or recipes, standardize recipes, or test new products.O*NET Task ID 4166 | 0.5 |
Supervise food production or service or assist dietitians or nutritionists in food service supervision or planning.O*NET Task ID 4167 | 0.5 |
Plan menus or diets or guide individuals or families in food selection, preparation, or menu planning, based upon nutritional needs and established guidelines.O*NET Task ID 4169 | 0.5 |
Determine food and beverage costs and assist in implementing cost control procedures.O*NET Task ID 4170 | 0.5 |
Select, schedule, or conduct orientation or in-service education programs.O*NET Task ID 4172 | 0.5 |
Provide dietitians with assistance researching food, nutrition, or food service systems.O*NET Task ID 4173 | 0.5 |
Deliver speeches on diet, nutrition, or health to promote healthy eating habits and illness prevention and treatment.O*NET Task ID 4174 | 0.5 |
Refer patients to other relevant services to provide continuity of care.O*NET Task ID 4175 | 0.5 |
Conduct nutritional assessments of individuals, including obtaining and evaluating individuals' dietary histories, to plan nutritional programs.O*NET Task ID 20421 | 0.5 |
Observe and monitor patient food intake and body weight, and report changes, progress, and dietary problems to dietician.O*NET Task ID 23922 | 0.5 |
Attend interdisciplinary meetings with other health care professionals to discuss patient care.O*NET Task ID 23923 | 0.0 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Anthropic Economic Index, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page
All O*NET 31.0 task statements (13)
All O*NET 31.0 task statements for this occupation (English, as published; task type core or supplemental). Exposure values are not listed here; they are in the table above, next to each task statement as worded in the O*NET version each source used.
| Task (O*NET 31.0) | Type |
|---|---|
| Prepare a major meal, following recipes and determining group food quantities. | Core |
| Analyze menus or recipes, standardize recipes, or test new products. | Core |
| Supervise food production or service or assist dietitians or nutritionists in food service supervision or planning. | Core |
| Plan menus or diets or guide individuals or families in food selection, preparation, or menu planning, based upon nutritional needs and established guidelines. | Core |
| Develop job specifications, job descriptions, or work schedules. | Core |
| Select, schedule, or conduct orientation or in-service education programs. | Core |
| Provide dietitians with assistance researching food, nutrition, or food service systems. | Core |
| Conduct nutritional assessments of individuals, including obtaining and evaluating individuals' dietary histories, to plan nutritional programs. | Core |
| Observe and monitor patient food intake and body weight, and report changes, progress, and dietary problems to dietician. | Core |
| Attend interdisciplinary meetings with other health care professionals to discuss patient care. | Core |
| Determine food and beverage costs and assist in implementing cost control procedures. | Supplemental |
| Deliver speeches on diet, nutrition, or health to promote healthy eating habits and illness prevention and treatment. | Supplemental |
| Refer patients to other relevant services to provide continuity of care. | Supplemental |
0.06/ 3· Robot exposure index
Scale, basis and source
Each physical task is graded 0–3 by the setting in which robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated could do it (0 none · 1 purpose-built robot settings such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line · 2 structured facilities such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port · 3 unstructured settings such as a private home or a construction site), and the grades are averaged by share of working time
Physical tasks among this occupation's O*NET 29.3 tasks
Anthropic estimated the grades and time shares with Claude Opus 5 using web search, as of 2026.
The robot exposure index is a different measure from the AI exposure figures on this site and cannot be added to or compared with them. It does not measure actual adoption or cost, and 0 also covers occupations with no physical tasks.
Tier of each physical task
Robot environment tiers (E0–E3)
E0 noneDetails
Rated not doable by robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated, even in a purpose-built setting
E1 purpose-built robot settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting built around the machine, such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line
E2 structured facilitiesDetails
Rated doable in a human work facility that an institution keeps to a working standard, such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port
E3 unstructured settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting that no institution keeps to a working standard, such as a private home or a construction site
Only tasks classified as physical are listed; other tasks have no tier in the source.
| Task (O*NET 29.3) | Robot environment tier |
|---|---|
| Prepare a major meal, following recipes and determining group food quantities. | E1 purpose-built robot settings |
| Analyze menus or recipes, standardize recipes, or test new products. | E0 none |
| Supervise food production or service or assist dietitians or nutritionists in food service supervision or planning. | E0 none |
Occupation information
Employment outlook (BLS)
- Employment, 2025
- 32K
- Projected employment, 2035
- 33K
- Change (2025–35)
- +2.7%
- Median annual wage, 2025
- $37,640
- Typical education needed for entry
- Associate's degree
Korea classification links (KSCO)
Links from the current release of the Korea Occupation Direct Crosswalk v1.1, made by AI Changing Work. Relation values are read from the O*NET-SOC occupation side.
| KSCO code | KSCO title | Relation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24502 | 일반 영양사 | Related, not a match | reviewed |
Relation and status definitions(kr-direct v1.1)
ILO occupational description
AI Changing Work links the ISCO-08 unit groups below to this occupation by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (2018 SOC to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to ISCO-08) as published, without case-by-case selection; each link may be whole or partial.
- ISCO-08 3259Health Associate Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified
The definition, tasks and examples below are the ILO's description of that unit group, not of this occupation.
This unit group covers health associate professionals not classified elsewhere in Sub-major Group 32: Health Associate Professionals. For instance, the group includes occupations such as HIV counsellor, family planning counsellor and other health associate professionals.
Tasks
- In such cases tasks would include:
- (a) interviewing and examining patients to obtain information on their health status and the nature and extent of injury, illness or other physical or mental health condition;
- (b) providing information and counselling to patients and families about certain health conditions, prevention and treatment options, treatment adherence, and personal behaviours that can affect health outcomes;
- (c) administering therapeutic care and treatment to patients;
- (d ) performing certain basic clinical procedures, such as administration of HIV antibody tests or insertion of intrauterine devices;
- (e) dispensing and advising on dietary supplements, antiretroviral and prophylaxis medications, and other healthcare products
- (f) monitoring patients' progress through treatment plans, and identifying signs and symptoms requiring referral to a medical doctor or other health professional;
- (g) recording information on patients' health status and responses to treatment in medical records-keeping systems;
- (h) sharing information with other health care providers when required to ensure continuing and comprehensive care.
Example occupations
Anaesthesia technician · Family planning counsellor · HIV counsellor · Respiratory therapy technician
Sources: ILO ISCO-08 — details: Credits
ESCO occupational vocabulary
Each entry below is matched to this occupation in the published ESCO-O*NET Crosswalk (version 1, 2022). The match types are that crosswalk's; the wording is AI Changing Work's.
- dietetic technicianESCO 3259.3Same scope
Dietetic technicians assist dietitians in planning nutritional programmes and in planning menus for patients as part of an overall treatment plan under supervision of a dietitian. Under supervision of a dietitian, dietetic technicians assist dietitians in patient reviews, enteral feeding discharge planning, and clinical auditing which includes nutritional screening.
- diet cookESCO 5120.1.1This occupation is broader
Diet cooks prepare and present meals according to special dietary or nutrition needs.
- prepared meals nutritionistESCO 2265.1.1This occupation is broader
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, macro and micronutrients, ...)
Source: European Commission, DG EMPL — ESCO API 2026-08-08 (bridge v1.2.1)
License: CC BY 4.0 (EU Reuse Notice)
ESCO reuse terms and the modification notice are in Credits.
France classification links (ROME)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and ROME 4.0 job profiles, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side. Links marked “provisional” were adopted on the judgments of two judges from the same model family (Claude) alone, or by an operator rule applied to their judgments, so they rest on weaker evidence than confirmed links.
| ROME code | ROME title (French) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| G1607 | Employé / Employée de restauration collective | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| J1402 | Diététicien / Diététicienne | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: France Travail — Répertoire Opérationnel des Métiers et des Emplois (ROME 4.0), version 61, last updated 15 June 2026 (https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/repertoire-operationnel-des-metiers-et-des-emplois-rome). Licence Ouverte 2.0.
ROME codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET-SOC occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a France Travail correspondence.
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Spain classification links (CNO-11)
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| CNO-11 code | CNO-11 title (Spanish) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 3323 | Técnicos superiores en dietética | Same scope |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), National Classification of Occupations 2011 (CNO-11, Royal Decree 1591/2010) — www.ine.es · Licensed CC BY 4.0. CNO-11 codes and Spanish titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not an INE correspondence.
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Germany classification links (KldB)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and KldB occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| KldB code | KldB title (German) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 81762 | Berufe in der Diät- und Ernährungstherapie - fachlich ausgerichtete Tätigkeiten | Overlapping, not the same |
| 82232 | Berufe in der Ernährungsberatung - fachlich ausgerichtete Tätigkeiten | Related, not a match |
Source: © Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Klassifikation der Berufe 2010 – überarbeitete Fassung 2020, https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de. KldB codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own mapping (eigene Zuordnung) and are not a Bundesagentur für Arbeit correspondence.
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Japan classification links (JSCO)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and JSCO occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| JSCO code | JSCO title (Japanese) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 151 | 栄養士 | This occupation is narrower |
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan Standard Occupational Classification (Dec. 2009, MIC Notification No. 555). JSCO codes and Japanese titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a MIC correspondence.
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