Korea's dietitians can be classified according to their work fields including companies, hospitals, schools, public health center, and welfare center. As the specialized feeding service providers are recently increasing, they can also be classified according to the operation type of the feeding facilities.
About 30,000 dietitians are working in each their fields as of January 2010. Under the Article 35 of Food Sanitation Act, about 87% of dietitians are working for the group feeding facilities which provides meal service at least once for more than 50 persons. Others are working for educational institutions, research centers, public institutions, public health centers, and other feeding service providers.
| Classification | Detailed Work Fields | |
|---|---|---|
| Feeding Facilities | Industry | Companies, Public Institutions, Banks, Hotels, Department Stores, Institutes, Training Centers, etc |
| School | Kindergarten, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, University(Dormitory, Cafeteria), Special Educational Institutions | |
| Hospital | Medical Center, Hospital, Dental Clinic, Oriental Medicine Clinic, Geriatrics Hospital, Clinic, | |
| Welfare Center | Homeless Facilities, Facility for Tuberculosis and Han Sen Facility , Welfare Center, Welfare Facilities for the Aged, Welfare Facilities for Children, Welfare Facilities for the Disabled, Welfare Facilities for Mother-Children Family , Mental Health Facilities | |
| Nursery House | Nursing Houses and Day Care Centers | |
| Special Facilities | Vocational Training Institutions, Training Camp, Prisons, Sport Village , Army, Ships etc | |
| Non-feeding facilities | Public Health Center | Public Health Centers, Public Medical Centers |
| Health Consulting | Functional Food Sellers, Functional Food Manufacturers, Functional Food Importers, Drugstores etc. | |
| Feeding Industry | Feeding Service Providers, Lunch Box Suppliers, Restaurant Business | |
| Others | Educational and Research Institutions, Public Organization (Government offices and municipal government office), Food Manufacturers, Mass Media , Nutrition Consulting Institutions(Nutrition Info. Center, Health Promotion Center, Diet Management Companies, etc) | |
Employment Status of Dietitian
| Organizations for instit utional foodservice | Industrial Manufactures | Schools | Hospitals | Social Welfare Facilities | Childcare & Nursery Facilities | Correctional Facilities | Army | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment (No. of Persons) |
8,620 | 9,612 | 6,416 | 1,799 | 1,610 | 71 | 84 | 28,412 |
| Organizations for Non- institutional foodservice | Health and nutritive food industries | Educational Research Institutions | Food manufacturing and processing industries | Catering Industries | Public Health Centers | Governm Offices | Center fot Chidrens Foodservice Management | The Others | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment (No. of Persons) |
500 | 700 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 831 | 500 | 322 | 386 | 7,739 |
※No. of Dietitian's License Holders - 143,183
No. of Dietitians Employed - 36,151
Employment Ratio - 25.2 % (As of Jan, 2014)