922A Food Service Technician

OVERVIEW
As a Warrant Officer Food Service Technician, you are responsible for supervising and administering all food service activities from personnel to planning and preparation, storage, distribution and accounting. You know proper nutritional needs and serve as a staff advisor to a general officer. You may also serve as a school instructor.

JOB DUTIES

• Coordinate and supervise the Food Service Program for installations, commands or organizations, to include:
  • Dissemination of information
  • Managing personnel
  • Determining technical training requirements
  • Developing and conducting training for officers, enlisted and civilian personnel
  • Developing management plans for food service
  • Developing, coordinating and monitoring budget requirements for food service equipment and expendable supplies for both garrison and field requirements
• Plan, train and carry out changes in nutritional awareness programs, modification of menus and implementation of low-calorie menus
• Coordinate with Troop Issue Subsistence Activities (TISA) and Class I points to ensure availability of appropriate subsistence for both garrison and field feeding operations, to ensure timely resupply, and to ensure reconfiguration of field rations into nutritionally acceptable menus
• Evaluate field feeding requirements and develop milestone plans to support major field exercises
• Review and monitor requisitions for Class I, III and IX supplies to support food service operations, and coordinate all food service for field training
• Train and oversee Class I supply distribution operations and ration break personnel in the acquisition, receipt, storage, shipment, and accountability for subsistence, water, ice, religious operational rations, and health and comfort packs
• Evaluate garrison and field feeding operations to ensure food service personnel comply with food service regulations relative to food preparation, service, accountability and sanitation
• If serving as a Contracting Officer Representative (COR) and/or the Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR), inspect full food service contract dining facilities to ensure they are in compliance with the terms of the contract

MINIMUM PREREQUISITES

• Be a Sergeant or above.
• Be an ALC graduate in MOS 92G or 68M (waiverable on a case-by-case basis).
• Score at the 12th-grade level on the English portion (Language) of the Test for Adult Basic Education (TABE); Soldiers possessing an associate, bachelor's, master's or doctorate degree are exempt.
• Submit copies of ALL NCOERs. The preponderance of your NCOERs must reflect outstanding and exceptional duty performance ratings noted with "Among the Best" ratings by the rater and "Successful" and "Superior" ratings by the senior rater.
• Have at least five years' experience in MOS 92G or 68M within the last eight years and possess two years of food service supervisory experience. Military technician, government contract and other civilian job experiences that correlate with the feeder MOSs will be considered.
• Have documented (NCOER) a minimum of two years' supervising personnel (first cook/shift leader in garrison and field operations).
• Possess a letter of recommendation from a Senior Food Service Technician that attests to your technical and tactical competence in MOS 92G or 68M.
• Possess a minimum of two years' supervising personnel as a first cook or shift leader.

NOTE: Army National Guard programs and benefits are subject to change. Your local Warrant Officer Strength Manager has the most up-to-date information about job availability and bonuses in your state.