640A Food Safety Officer: civilian jobs and resume guide
For Army 640A Food Safety Officer work, the official role source describes organizes and conducts commercial sanitation audits and military sanitation inspections, recognizes sanitation deficiencies, and determines sanitary compliance ratings, providing technical advice concerning food safety, food defense, quality assurance issues to Medical Brigade/Group Command and Staff, military acquisition, supply, and identifies and provides technical information concerning microbiological, chemical, and physical deterioration of subsistence. Keep only the parts that match your own assignment.
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$88,720
Median national pay for Food Scientist and Technologist
These are the civilian occupations O*NET connects to this military code. They are options to explore—not a ranking, a license, or proof that you performed every duty listed.
Use chemistry, microbiology, engineering, and other sciences to study the principles underlying the processing and deterioration of foods; analyze food content to determine levels of vitamins, fat, sugar, and protein; discover new food sources; research ways to make processed foods safe, palatable, and healthful; and apply food science knowledge to determine best ways to process, package, preserve, store, and distribute food.
Typical national pay$68,810–$116,650Median $88,720 · BLS OEWS 2025
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O*NET Job Zone 4: considerable preparation is usually needed.
O*NET does not establish a universal civilian license for this occupation. Employers may still require credentials.
Example civilian duties from O*NET
Inspect food processing areas to ensure compliance with government regulations and standards for sanitation, safety, quality, and waste management.
Check raw ingredients for maturity or stability for processing, and finished products for safety, quality, and nutritional value.
Study methods to improve aspects of foods, such as chemical composition, flavor, color, texture, nutritional value, and convenience.
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Food Scientist and Technologist
Summary
Food scientist analyzing food content and processing methods to ensure safety, quality, and nutritional value while developing standards and specifications for production and storage
Experience
Food Scientist and Technologist
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Inspected food processing areas to ensure compliance with government regulations and standards for sanitation, safety, quality, and waste management
Checked raw ingredients for maturity or stability for processing, and finished products for safety, quality, and nutritional value
Studied methods to improve aspects of foods, such as chemical composition, flavor, color, texture, nutritional value, and convenience
Developed food standards and production specifications, safety and sanitary regulations, and waste management and water supply specifications
Conferred with process engineers, plant operators, flavor experts, and packaging and marketing specialists to resolve problems in product development
Tested new products for flavor, texture, color, nutritional content, and adherence to government and industry standards
Evaluated food processing and storage operations and assisted in the development of quality assurance programs for such operations
Skills
Core Skills
Researching methods, Conferencing with clients
Checking & Planning
Testing material and finished quality, Inspecting areas for compliance, Evaluating material quality, Evaluating new technologies, Reviewing professional literature
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Name only the tools, materials, or records you used for providing technical advice concerning food safety, food defense, quality assurance issues to Medical Brigade/Group Command and Staff, military acquisition, supply.
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Organizes and conducts commercial sanitation audits and military sanitation inspections, recognizes sanitation deficiencies, and determines sanitary compliance ratings of civilian and government facilities that produce, process, prepare, manufacture, store, or otherwise handle subsistence.
Provides technical advice concerning food safety, food defense, quality assurance issues to Medical Brigade/Group Command and Staff, military acquisition, supply, and retail activities.
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