Program Overview

Dietary Manager
Certificate (C45310)

The Dietary Managers Program prepares individuals to be a trained foodservice professional.
Dietary Managers specialize in cost containment programs, supervise staff, develop and maintain high levels of sanitation and partner with Registered Dietitian to understand and meet the basic nutritional needs of clients.

Employment opportunities include hospitals, correctional centers, nursing homes, public health agencies, schools, retirement centers, hospices, home care agencies and commercial food service systems.

Course work includes content related to food, nutrition, communication, management, and sanitation. The Dietary Manager student must complete all course requirements including 150 clinical experience hours.

Dietary Manager Admission Information

Students applying for admission to the Gaston College Dietary Managers Program MUST
meet the following requirements for GENERAL ADMISSION to the college:

1. Submit to the admissions office a completed Application for Admission.
2. Request your high school mail an official high school transcript to the Admissions
   Office at Gaston College, 201 Highway 321 S., Dallas, NC 28034-1499. The
   documentation can be submitted in the place of a traditional high school transcript.

   a. Official Adult High School Transcript
   b. Official copies of GED scores
   c. Official transcript from International Correspondence School
   d. Official transcript from Home School

3. Request that all colleges previously attended submit official transcripts.
4. Schedule and take the Placement Test. The Placement Test may not be required of any person who has scored 500 on the verbal section and 520 on the math section of the SAT or who has a composite score of 22 on the ACT. (All test scores must be less than five years old.) A transfer student who has earned a “C” in both college level,
   math and English from a regionally accredited institution shall have the test waived.
5. International students must meet all admission requirements listed under General
   Admission Requirements. Proof of English proficiency is required. This may be
   established by making a minimum score of 540 (207 on the computer) on the Test of
   English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
6. Student must be 18 years of age.