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R01A Leading Culinary Specialist

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating. Part of the Culinary Specialist rating

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Overview

The Leading Culinary Specialist manages submarine galley operations and oversees the efficient, safe, and sustained at sea operations of the Culinary Specialist Division. This specialist maintains financial accountability, ensures cleanliness in food service spaces, trains and assesses personnel, oversees compliance with marine environmental programs, and emphasizes customer service.

Core Skills

  • Food service financial accountability
  • Marine environmental program compliance oversight
  • Sustained at-sea galley operations
  • Food service personnel training and assessment

Civilian Career Paths

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Chefs and Head Cooks

Managing submarine galley operations, maintaining food service cleanliness, and training and assessing personnel transfer directly to kitchen supervision and sanitation oversight.

How to prepare: Arrange a practical cooking assessment with a prospective employer to identify any gaps between your galley oversight experience and its hands-on head-cook duties.

What the civilian work involves
  • Monitor sanitation practices to ensure that employees follow standards and regulations.
  • Supervise or coordinate activities of cooks or workers engaged in food preparation.
  • Instruct cooks or other workers in the preparation, cooking, garnishing, or presentation of food.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC R01A

    [1] NEC entry "R01A - Leading Culinary Specialist"; cached text line 10181; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Food service financial accountability, Marine environmental program compliance oversight, Sustained at-sea galley operations, Food service personnel training and assessment, Chefs and Head Cooks (O*NET 35-1011.00)

  2. O*NET: Chefs and Head Cooks

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Chefs and Head Cooks (O*NET 35-1011.00)

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