CAREERS IN HOME ECONOMICS

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IMAGES CONJURED

• Menial Jobs • Subject from students that are unable to

perform well academically.• Common sense subject.• Preparation for household

chores.

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WHAT IS HOME ECONOMICS?

• Home economics is arts and science of home making.

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SCIENCE and ARTS ?(CAKE MAKING)

How each ingredients functions to create the desired consistency.

The scientific principle of heat transfer

What causes the mixture to rise?

What causes the outer crust of the cake to be darker than the inside?

Which colors work together to make the cake attractive?

What design is suitable for the occasion?

What textures and shapes are suitable?

What angle should I hold the forcing bag when icing the cake?

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COMPONENTS OF HOME ECONOMICS OFFERED AT ST JAGO HIGH

• Food and nutrition• Clothing and textiles• Home Management

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WHY STUDY HOME ECONOMICS?

• Allows you to make responsible choices about your diet and food.

• Helps you to manage your time, money and other resources.

• Provides you with information which can be disseminated to your parents and other members of the society.

• Helps you to connect content you learn with real life experience.

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WHY STUDY HOME ECONOMICS?

• Gives you a sense of self as and help you to relate others.

• Allows you to become aware of values and lifestyles that are different from your own.

• Helps you to make reasoned judgments in family relationships

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What will I learn in Home Economics?

Some of the things you will learn about are: Your body - what is good to eat and how to keep

healthy food - how it nourishes your body, how to choose it,

store it, and how to prepare and cook itusing money - how to spend it wisely, how to save it,

and how you are protected as a consumerYour home - about design in the home, about safety

and hygiene. Practical assignments in food and nutrition, clothing &

textiles and home management

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CAREERS IN CLOTHING & TEXTILES

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FASHION DESIGNER

• A person who is creative enough to have new ideas and practical enough to turn all those ideas into a product.

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FASHION STYLIST

• Takes other peoples’ ideas and puts them together in ways that look fresh to the original.

• Selects the clothing for magazines, television advertising campaigns, music videos, public appearances made by celebrities, models or other public figures.

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FABRIC DESIGNER

• Works very closely with the research department of a textiles company to develop:

New weavesPatterns Printscolour

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FABRIC STYLIST

• Spots trends by visiting stores, talking to other people and travelling to other parts of the world to see what is selling there. The stylist reports back to the textile designer with recommendation for colour combinations and print design.

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COSTUME HISTORIAN

• Expert in clothing of eras past.• Researchers who use documents and archives

from the museums, libraries, and historical societies.

• Describe what people wore and explain how these garments reflect the period of history.

• Authenticate garment for the auction house.• Restore antique clothes given to a museum.

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TEXTILES CHEMIST

Textiles Chemist are responsible for• Creating new fibres• Dyes• Finishes – example water repellant finishesCharacteristics needed Must be able to work with a team accurate,

patient and have a creative mind and talent for problem solving

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MARKETING

• Marketing is an overall term for the process of buying and selling goods.

• People with jobs in marketing include:• market researchers• sales analysts• advertising and promotion specialists• sales representation

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SALES ANALYSTS

• Sales analysts is the study of what has sold in the past in order to predict what will sell in the future.

• A careful analysis of sales can give the manufacturer information about what styles, colours and fabrics have traditionally sold in best in different section of a country or different parts of a world.

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FASHION ILLUSTRATOR

• Specializes in drawing the human figure. The drawing are usually drawn in a stylized manner.

• This means that the figure are taller, with longer arms andlegs and have more elegant facesthan real life drawing of people.

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FASHION ILLUSTRATOR CONT’D

• Fashion illustrators must be able to use texture and shading to indicate different types of fabric.

• Fashion illustrators also work is used in advertisement

• Catalogues• pattern envelopes• posters and anywhere fashion art is needed

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FASHION PHOTOGRAPHEER

• Fashion photographers often photograph models wearing high fashion clothes, jewelry, shoes or hair accessory.

• Fashion photographers capture the product in a creative way, showing the aesthetic side

of the product with great creative skill and eye for details.

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CAREERS IN FOOD& NUTRITION

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SCOPE OF FOOD & NUTRITION

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CAREERS IN FOOD& NUTRITION

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FOOD STYLIST

• The role of the food stylist is to make the food look attractive in the finished photograph.

• The main difference between how a home cook or chef may present food and what a stylist does is the time and effort a stylist takes to carefully and artfully arrange the food.

• Requires the visual know how, and ability to translate the perception of taste, aroma and appeal that one gets from an actual dish, to a two-dimensional photograph

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FOOD CHEMIST

• Develop food standards and production specifications, safety and sanitary regulations.

• Develop new food items for production.• Develop new or improved ways of preserving,

processing, packaging, storing, and delivering foods, using knowledge of chemistry, microbiology, and other sciences.

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SPORTS NUTRITIONIST

• Ensures that athletes maintain their fitness via nutritional meals and drinks.

• Design meal plans with an emphasis on increasing an athlete's energy and immunity in addition to improving his concentration and body development

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CAREERS IN HOME MANAGEMENT

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INTERIOR DECORATOR

• Decorates homes, shops, offices and other professional environments.

• Works directly with clients, giving them advice on which colour schemes, layout, wallpaper and furniture are best for a particular space.

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GERONTOLIGIST

• Involves scientific study of the biological, psychological, and sociologicalphenomena associated with old age and aging

• Helps elderly citizens coping with family problems, long-term

illnesses, disability issues, unemployment etc.

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CONSUMER ADVOCATE

• Manages, administers and coordinates programs and services designed to empower individuals who have been wronged by a corporate or industry.

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BEHAVIOUR THERAPIST

• Focus on changing undesirable behaviors.• Work with troubled teens, younger children

with behavior problems, and the families and professionals who live with, educate, treat and assist in managing them.

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NOW THAT YOU KNOW WILL YOU BE THE NEXT…

• Mission catwalk winner• Iron Chef• Super nanny• Fashion designer• Fashion Journalist • Inventor

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