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914A Allied Trades Warrant Officer

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Overview

Allied trades warrant officers supervise machine tool operations, metalworking, automotive component repair, body repair, painting, welding, woodworking, and the recovery of wheeled or tracked vehicles and equipment. They direct shop layout, supply, scheduling, workflow, personnel, training, quality control, technical procedures, and maintenance operating procedures.

Core Skills

  • Machine-tool setup and maintenance oversight
  • Shop mathematics and metal properties
  • In-process and completed repair inspection
  • Multi-trade shop layout and workflow planning

Civilian Career Paths

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First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

Supervising metalworking shops, scheduling work, allocating supplies, and inspecting completed repairs transfers directly to machine-shop production supervision.

How to prepare: Build a work portfolio showing a shop schedule, workflow layout, and inspection process, using examples cleared for public release.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions.
  • Read and analyze charts, work orders, production schedules, and other records and reports to determine production requirements and to evaluate current production estimates and outputs.
  • Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • SAP software

Machinists

Oversight of machine-tool setup and operation, application of shop mathematics and metal properties, and inspection of finished work provide a foundation for precision machining.

How to prepare: Arrange a practical machining assessment with a technical college or employer covering lathe setup, dimensional calculations, and finished-part measurement to identify hands-on training gaps.

What the civilian work involves
  • Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments, such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
  • Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
  • Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.

Notes & Sources

  • Verified duties establish machine-tool supervision but do not establish hands-on CNC programming experience.
Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 914A Allied Trades Warrant Officer

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 914A (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank warrant_officer, authority codeType warrant_officer

    Supports: Machine-tool setup and maintenance oversight, Shop mathematics and metal properties, In-process and completed repair inspection, Multi-trade shop layout and workflow planning, First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers (O*NET 51-1011.00), Machinists (O*NET 51-4041.00)

  2. O*NET: First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers (O*NET 51-1011.00)

  3. O*NET: Machinists

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Machinists (O*NET 51-4041.00)

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