This unit will provide students with the knowledge and skills required to work as a Menu Monitor/Nutrition Assistant in a food service operation in the health care industry including acute, residential aged care and community nutrition programs or other health care related commercial food service providers. Students will learn about foods allowed and not allowed for a range of special diets. They will develop skills in analysing recipes and menus for nutritional content using electronic software programs relevant to the health care industry and incorporating Australian data bases. Menu processing and management systems that accommodate menu variation will be explored. Students will be introduced to information technology systems used to manage menu orders, meal assembly and nutritional analysis.
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
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This unit is not compulsory for any specific course. Depending on the course you study, this unit may be taken as an elective.