12 Weeks
19 Weeks
400 Hours
320 Hours
80 Hours
Dietary Food Service Workers prepare and serve meals in long-term care homes, retirement residences and hospitals following therapeutic diets, maintaining food safety standards, and supporting residents with feeding and hydration needs. This program prepares you for that work. You'll cover safe food handling, sanitation and WHMIS, nutrition and diet therapy for older adults, menu planning and standardized recipes for large-scale preparation, and the communication skills needed to work alongside care teams. A workplace placement puts that training into practice before you graduate.
Dietary Food Service Worker skills can be applied in health care, long-term care, retirement, hospital, and institutional food service environments.
Support meal service, food preparation, sanitation, resident dietary needs, and daily food service operations.
Assist with resident-focused meal service, nutrition support, food safety, and kitchen operations.
Support dietary and food service operations while following sanitation, safety, nutrition, and quality standards.
Apply food service, communication, nutrition, and sanitation skills in healthcare-focused environments.
Support quantity food preparation, portion control, menu execution, food storage, and safe kitchen practices.
Assist with meal delivery, hydration, special dietary needs, and respectful service for residents and clients.
Build study, writing, research, financial literacy, and workplace-readiness skills while learning key accessibility and occupational health and safety requirements.
Develop basic computer skills using Windows and common Google applications for communication, learning, and workplace tasks.
Learn the role of a Dietary Food Service Worker, including meal service systems, purchasing, receiving, inventory control, quality management, and institutional food service operations.
Develop professional communication, teamwork, customer service, active listening, problem solving, and conflict resolution skills for health care food service environments.
Learn food safety, sanitation, personal hygiene, infection prevention, foodborne illness prevention, WHMIS, and safe workplace practices.
Build foundational knowledge of nutrients, digestion, hydration, healthy eating, Canada’s Food Guide, and nutrition considerations related to aging.
Learn about therapeutic diets, special dietary needs, hydration, nutrition for older adults, and safe feeding support in health care settings.
Develop skills in large-scale food preparation, standardized recipes, portion control, menu planning, production sheets, purchasing, storage, quality control, and safe kitchen equipment use.
Students can choose between a 12-week fast-tracked option and a 19-week regular option.
The program includes 400 total hours, made up of 320 hours of training and an 80-hour workplace placement.
Yes. Both schedule options include an 80-hour workplace placement.
Students learn food safety, sanitation, nutrition, communication, quantity food preparation, dietary support, computer skills, and workplace readiness.
Graduates may use their skills in long-term care homes, retirement homes, hospitals, health care facilities, and other institutional food service settings.
Both options include the same curriculum, total program hours, and placement. The main difference is the pace and weekly schedule.
Yes. The curriculum includes nutrition, hydration, therapeutic diets, special dietary needs, and support for residents in health care settings.
Contact the admissions team for current admission requirements, available start dates, fees, and application guidance.
