As a Dietitian, you will need to master following:

• accept own accountability
• advise food industry
• advise on healthcare users' informed consent
• apply context specific clinical competences
• biological chemistry
• calculation of food energy
• clinical examinations in dietetics
• comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
• contribute to continuity of health care
• deliver group sessions on nutrition
• dietetics
• eating disorders
• educate healthcare users on nutrition
• ensure safety of healthcare users
• follow up nutrition care plan
• food allergies
• food hygiene rules
• food labels
• food legislation
• food science
• formulate dietetic intervention
• identify cause of nutritional imbalance
• identify the dietetic professional quality of care
• identify the health benefits of nutritional changes
• intervene to reduce sub-optimal nutritional status of individuals
• measure nutritional health status of patients
• monitor the nutrition status of the individual
• nutrition of healthy persons
• nutritional adequacy of food intake
• obesity
• perform nutrition analysis
• prepare promotional materials on nutritition
• professional documentation in health care
• promote inclusion
• provide dietetic diagnosis
• provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
• train medical staff on nutrition
• use e-health and mobile health technologies
• work in multidisciplinary health teams

More generally, a dietitian is also versed in:

• adhere to organisational guidelines
• advise on preparation of diet food
• apply organisational techniques
• chemistry
• communicate in healthcare
• comply with legislation related to health care
• composition of diets
• conduct nutrition research
• counselling methods
• deal with emergency care situations
• develop policies for nutritional programs
• educate on the prevention of illness
• empathise with the healthcare user
• epidemiology
• follow clinical guidelines
• health care legislation
• health care occupation-specific ethics
• human anatomy
• human physiology
• hygiene in a health care setting
• inform policy makers on health-related challenges
• interact with healthcare users
• listen actively
• manage healthcare users' data
• medical informatics
• medical terminology
• offer advice on diet-related concerns
• paediatrics
• pathology
• pharmacology
• provide health education
• psychology
• rehabilitation
• respond to changing situations in health care
• sociology
• supervise food in healthcare
• supervision of persons
• support individuals on nutrition changes
• work in a multicultural environment in health care

It also helps to know the following:

• advise sportspersons on diet
• carry out bibliographic work
• communicate with media
• intensive care medicine
• make recommendation on nutrition to public policy makers
• prescribe medication
• refer healthcare users
• address public health issues
• business management principles
• children's physical development
• first aid
• general medicine
• geriatrics
• maintain medical devices
• manage clinical risk
• pedagogy
• psychiatry
• public health
• record healthcare users' billing information
• use foreign languages for health-related research
• use foreign languages in patient care