FIELD 30, SUPPLY ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONS (6)

The supply administration and operations OccFld includes personnel in the areas of ground supply administration and operations, warehousing, preservation and packaging, hazardous materials storage operations handling, fiscal accounting and purchasing, and contracting procedures pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulations. Minimum qualifications required include personal computer operations. Duties involve administrative and government specific procedures and the use of material handling equipment in the movement and storage of supplies and equipment. In all MOSs within the OccFld, technical skills are required regarding military and commercial specifications on supplies and equipment being procured, stored, and maintained. These skills and duties must be performed in garrison, contingency and combat environs. These Marines are required to understand and apply operation of various multimedia, data scanning, and retrieval devices; office and warehouse management procedures; automated information services data entry and external systems interface procedures; asset accounting functions; financial budget formulation; management and analysis; and the proper handling, storage, and disposal of hazardous material. Formal schooling is provided to Marines entering the OccFld. Types of entry-level jobs include work as automated information services supply stock control clerk (retail and wholesale), warehouse clerk, packaging specialist, fiscal clerk, contract specialist and personal computer operator.