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Dietetic Technicians
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.
- US jobs
- 31,560
- Median wage
- $37,640 a year
- Job family
- Healthcare
Can agents do the work of dietetic technicians?
We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Healthcare:
- Task levelPartialOne benchmark, from early 2025. On Stanford's MedAgentBench, where agents do clinical tasks in a simulated electronic health record, the best recorded model completes 69.7% of tasks (Claude 3.5 Sonnet v2). It has no maintained leaderboard, so newer models are not measured. No benchmark in our collection tests work with patients.
- Project levelPartialOnly adjacent evidence. GDPval includes nurses among its 44 occupations. OpenAI reports that GPT-5.5's deliverables won or tied against professionals' work in 84.9% of comparisons across all occupations. No benchmark in our collection tests clinical work over days, such as managing a patient's care.
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in healthcare, not always this occupation's tasks.
- 1846 EloClaude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) · 23 Sep 2026Unrated
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Observe and monitor patient food intake and body weight, and report changes, progress, and dietary problems to dietician.
- Conduct nutritional assessments of individuals, including obtaining and evaluating individuals' dietary histories, to plan nutritional programs.
- Prepare a major meal, following recipes and determining group food quantities.
- Supervise food production or service or assist dietitians or nutritionists in food service supervision or planning.
- Plan menus or diets or guide individuals or families in food selection, preparation, or menu planning, based upon nutritional needs and established guidelines.
- Develop job specifications, job descriptions, or work schedules.
- Attend interdisciplinary meetings with other health care professionals to discuss patient care.
- Provide dietitians with assistance researching food, nutrition, or food service systems.
- Select, schedule, or conduct orientation or in-service education programs.
- Analyze menus or recipes, standardize recipes, or test new products.
- Determine food and beverage costs and assist in implementing cost control procedures.
- Refer patients to other relevant services to provide continuity of care.
Other job titles for this occupation (36)
Cook Chill Technician (CCT) · Diet Assistant · Diet Clerk · Diet Tech (Diet Technician) · Diet Tech (Dietetic Technician) · Diet Technician Registered (DTR) · Dietary Aide · Dietetic Assistant · Dietetic Technician Registered (DTR) · Nutrition Technician · Certified Dietary Manager (CDM) · Child Nutrition Assistant · Clinical Dietetic Technician · Diet Aide · Dietary Assistant · Dietary Clerk · Dietary Technician (Dietary Tech) · Food and Nutrition Assistant · Food and Nutrition Services Assistant · Food Service Technician · Menu Planner · Nutrition Assistant · Nutrition Associate · Nutrition Care Assistant · Nutrition Clerk · Nutrition Coordinator · Nutrition Counselor · Nutrition Services Assistant · Nutrition Services Associate · Nutrition Services Attendant · Nutrition Services Technician (Nutrition Services Tech) · Nutrition Services Worker · Registered Diet Technician · Registered Dietetic Technician (DTR) · School Nutrition Assistant · School Nutrition Manager