Message From the Culinary Specialist School Master Chief

Please find attached a brief one pager on JOD SOJT.  Happy to discuss or expand if need be.  Thanks to Chief Rekalske for putting this together 😊 Have a great day! FSOs of interested members, please click link below to begin the registration process. Jack-of-the-Dust (JOD) “C” School Registration Form (apps.mil) V/R CSCM Adam SheltonCulinary …

July 2024 UPDATE: A School (+ C School, RKM)

CS “A” School Innovation Solutions Award Submission: ACFEF Apprenticeship Program recognition, approved 08 August 2023 Certified Fundamentals Cook (CFC) for each student upon course completion, final exam grade 75% or above, and successful Capstone (practical assessment, grade 75% or above)           CS Students graduated: CS 01-24 through CS 10-24: 135 CS Students rostered: CS 10-24 through …

Check your emails – RKM Master Chief Justin Reed gets us the Butter Book!

Master Chief Justin Reed, our Rating Knowledge manager (RKM) was able to lock down a 1 year memberships for all Culinary Specialists for the Butter Book ($200 value). All you need to provide is your name and CG Email.  An email was sent to you (search outlook for butter book). These courses can earn you …

RPQ Support Message from CS Rating Knowledge Manager (RKM)

Fellow CS’s Since the majority of our E5 and E6’s are independent duty or stationed at units that don’t have a senior CS, as the CS Rating Knowledge Manager (RKM) I am providing you with an opportunity to have your culinary E5 or E6 Rating Performance RPQs signed off before the February 1st deadline. You …

ACF Certification Message from Captain Chong CS A School

BLUF: On 12 Jan 2024, CS “A” 04-24 became the first class in history to graduate with the American Culinary Federation (ACF) Certified Fundamentals Cook certification. 13 CS3s and 4 Philippines Coast Guard (PCG) members earned this industry leading certification. At 17 members, this was also tied for the largest graduating class in the history …

HELP! Message from “C” School

Respectfully request your assistance in disseminating and gain participation from CS in the pilots of the Annual Sanitation Training. Below is information regarding both and how members can participate. Your assistance is needed! Training Center Petaluma is developing two new tools to support the CS work force and they need your assistance in testing out …

JUNE “A” SCHOOL UPDATE

Below is a quick update and summary of the CS Projects at TCP: FSO-PVA: Pilot Complete, making final edits. Completion by end of July. FSO-PI: In middle of Pilot. On target for end of July Completion. JOD SOJT: Making final edits before pilot to start in July. Stand by for email with information requesting assistance …

Message From A-School ****JOD and C-STAR Courses

Below is a great email update about all the projects A-School is working on. Summary: A-School student #s, Jack of The Dust Course, ACF Accreditation, FSO-PVA/FSO-PI Updates and Sanitation Training – thanks for all the name ideas the winner is C-Star**** Sanitation Training Annual Refresher. The Runner-up was GRITs (Who can figure out the acronym?) …

Message from C-School – Update on JOD Course

Culinary Operators, Here is an Update from C-School on the new Jack of the Dust Course. Please check out and provide feedback on the course recipe conversion tool: One thing we saw was if you put in a unit type like ounces and you go over 16 ounces, it doesn’t convert to pounds. Other than …

Portal is a DEAD man walking. Message from the RKM/RFMC (Select)

In the next few months, Portal is going away and being replaced with SharePoint. We have everything backed up on a hard drive and transferred over to SharePoint at https://uscg.sharepoint-mil.us/sites/erats_spo/CS/SitePages/Home.aspx. We have high hopes for SharePoint but it is not up to par currently in regards to accessibility/communication/messaging/useful search capabilities. It will be fine for an …