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Marine Corps (USMC) Enlisted Job Descriptions

OCCUPATIONAL FIELD 33, FOOD SERVICE

The food service OccFld includes the acquisition of food, supplies, and equipment; menu and recipe planning; meal preparation and serving; sanitation; operation and management of facilities and personnel; training; and accounting and reporting functions.

Qualifications required include basic skills in math and reading, ability to follow recipes, and the ability to work closely with others. The duties involve technical, administrative, and managerial skills. Food service personnel will be required to learn garrison and field food preparation and serving procedures, recipe conversion, preparation and use of food service administrative forms, sanitation surveillance procedures for food processing and storage facilities, and methods of cooking food and preparing desserts and beverages by using recipes/formulas.

Formal schooling is provided to Marines entering the food service field. Types of entry level jobs available include work as a food service specialist; cook, vegetable preparation Marine, and baker.

The opportunity to participate in a formal apprenticeship program leading to receipt of a Department of Labor certificate of Apprenticeship Completion may be available in some MOSs within OccFld 33; refer to MCO 1550.22 for specific information concerning this program.

Billets available in the OccFld range from duty within the food service office at the division and wing level to the opportunity to serve at various Marine barracks.

Marines entering this OccFld will receive MOS 3300, Basic Food Service Marine. They will participate in routine food service functions while training for MOS 3361, Food Service Specialist.

Primary MOS's

MOS Job Title Authorized Ranks

3361 Subsistence Supply Clerk GySgt to Pvt

3381 Food Service Specialist MGySgt to Sgt

Secondary MOS's (See Note Below)

3372 Enlisted Aide MGySgt to Sgt

Note: A secondary MOS is a "job within a job." It denotes a special skill or training that the Marine holds in addition to the general requirements of his/her Primary MOS.

Primary MOS's
MOS	Job Title	Authorized Ranks
3361	Subsistence Supply Clerk	GySgt to Pvt
3381	Food Service Specialist	MGySgt to Sgt
Secondary MOS's (See Note Below)
3372	Enlisted Aide	MGySgt to Sgt
Note: A secondary MOS is a "job within a job." It denotes a special skill or training that the Marine holds in addition to the general requirements of his/her Primary MOS.