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S13A Advanced Culinary Techniques and Management

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Overview

An Advanced Culinary Techniques and Management specialist performs and manages food service functions in general messes afloat and ashore. The specialist plans menus, adjusts recipes, prepares food, operates serving lines and equipment, maintains sanitation and customer service, and manages mess finances and internal control records.

Core Skills

  • Menu planning and recipe adjustment
  • Mess financial management and internal controls
  • Food service operations afloat and ashore

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria

Preparing food, adjusting recipes, and operating serving lines in general messes transfer directly to institutional meal production and service.

How to prepare: Build a sample institutional menu with recipes adjusted to a stated portion count and a food-temperature monitoring log.

What the civilian work involves
  • Monitor and record food temperatures to ensure food safety.
  • Cook foodstuffs according to menus, special dietary or nutritional restrictions, or numbers of portions to be served.
  • Apportion and serve food to facility residents, employees, or patrons.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Chefs and Head Cooks

Managing mess food preparation, equipment, and sanitation provides directly relevant experience for coordinating a civilian kitchen.

How to prepare: Prepare a kitchen-operations portfolio showing menus, recipe adjustments, and examples of equipment and sanitation oversight.

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.
  • Inspect supplies, equipment, or work areas to ensure conformance to established standards.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Google Sheets

Food Service Managers

Mess financial management, internal control records, sanitation responsibility, and customer service align with civilian food service operations management.

How to prepare: Create a civilian-facing work sample that pairs a food service financial-control report with a sanitation recordkeeping checklist.

What the civilian work involves
  • Establish standards for personnel performance and customer service.
  • Keep records required by government agencies regarding sanitation or food subsidies.
  • Investigate and resolve complaints regarding food quality, service, or accommodations.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Intuit QuickBooks
  • Microsoft Excel

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC S13A

    [1] NEC entry "S13A - Advanced Culinary Techniques and Management"; cached text line 10355; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Menu planning and recipe adjustment, Mess financial management and internal controls, Food service operations afloat and ashore, Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria (O*NET 35-2012.00), Chefs and Head Cooks (O*NET 35-1011.00), Food Service Managers (O*NET 11-9051.00)

  2. O*NET: Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria (O*NET 35-2012.00)

  3. O*NET: Chefs and Head Cooks

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

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

  4. O*NET: Food Service Managers

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Food Service Managers (O*NET 11-9051.00)

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