• Production jobs - this covers food preservation, dress-making, specialized cooking. Graduates of Home Science can go on to enter the textile business, fashion designing etc. or even work in hotels, the food industry etc.
• Research jobs - these projects involve educating specific segments of the population such as mothers, farmers, villagers on the food value of certain food items.
• Sales jobs - sales promotion of food items (baby foods) are given to home science graduates granted they have relevant information and experience.
• Service jobs - maintenance and supervision of house keeping departments at tourist resorts, hotels, catering facilities, restaurants etc.
• Teaching jobs - The recognized qualification for a primary school teacher is a Bachelors degree in Home Science and many postgraduates also are taken on as senior secondary school teachers and college professors.
• Technical jobs - manufacturing industries do require home science graduates to serve as research assistants, food analysts, food scientists etc.

Home Science students have a wide range of fields that they can enter, as the above list illustrates. Attention to customer services and nutrition is increasing at a tremendous rate, since numerous multinational firms are getting involved in these ventures. This makes a career in Home Economics very promising.

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