Home Science Extension and Rural Development: Professional Skills

Professional Skills

HOME SCEINCE EXTENSION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Lesson 6:HOME SCIENCE EDUCATION

Professional Skills

Professionalism has been perceived as an attribute that would be naturally acquired during the course being taught. Students who are oriented to the professional world in advance of entering the workforce often experience smoother transition between school and the work place, greater achievement during service and enhanced self-esteem. Choosing the right career oriented professional education is imperative for the present day generation to meet the future challenges. Home science education stands first in the line to offer various courses to mould students to perfect individuals with profound human values. It is an area which can bridge the gap that exists between science and its application for the betterment of family living and on the other and it can convert the available resources of the environment into products for attaining the needs and goals through efficient management.

Professional Skills imparted by the five disciplines

Department of APTX
- Draping Techniques
- Apparel designing – manual and CAD
- Textile designing – manual and CAD
- Fashion sketching
- Garment construction
- Fabric surface enrichment
- Dyeing and printing techniques
- Textile quality analysis
- Designing functional clothing
- Visual Merchandising skills
- Apparel and Textile industrial management skills
- Organizing Apparel design show
Department of HECM
- Community mobilization and organization
- Participatory analysis of contemporary societies
- Instructional and corporate communication skills
- Programme designing
- Technology impact analysis
- Print and electronic information material development
- Multimedia production and management
- Public speaking
- Management of Public Relation
- Social marketing and networking
- Videography
- Digital advertising
- Capacity building
Department of FDNT
- Food processing technologies
- Bakery and confectionary
- New food product development
- Planning balanced diet
- Planning and preparation of therapeutic diets
- Formation of dietetic foods and health foods
- Food entrepreneurship
- Food adulteration testing
- Diet counseling
- Community nutrition education
- Food and nutrient analysis and research
- Clinical research
- Hospital management
- Institutional food services / catering management
- Clinical dietician
Department of HDFS
- Developmental assessment of children
- Management of early childhood education
- Curriculum development for children
- Management of programmes for children with special needs
- Preparation of education material for children
- Entrepreneurial skills in child care services
- Identification of developmental delays
- Development of intervention programmes
- Development of teaching and learning material for ECCD centres
- Capacity building for child care providers
- Application of psychological tests
Department of RMCS
- Selection and arrangement of interiors
- Imbibement of wise consumer buying behavior
- Judicious space management
- Product designing, Value addition, and Packaging
- Marketing and entrepreneurial skills
- Designing residential and commercial interiors
- Application of ergonomic principles
- Landscape designing
- Advocacy and consultancy – interior and exterior design ventures
- Cost estimation for designs
- Visual presentation skill
- CAD for interiors and exteriors
- Effective management of resources
- Thematic flower arrangements
- Designing residential and commercial interiors for people with special needs
- Event management

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