baker

Education:

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.

Work setting:

• Bake shop.
• Café.

Tasks:

• Prepare dough for pies, bread, rolls and sweet goods, batters for muffins, cookies and cakes and icings and frostings according to recipes or special customer orders.
• Bake mixed dough and batters.
• Train staff in preparation, cooking and handling of food.
• Prepare special orders.
• Supervise baking personnel and kitchen staff.
• Frost and decorate cakes and baked goods.
• Draw up production schedules.
• Train staff.
• Ensure that the quality of products meets established standards.
• Inspect kitchen and food service areas.
• Operate machinery.
• Organize and maintain inventory.

Supervision:

3-4 people.

Cuisine specialties:

• Gluten-free.
• Turkish.

Food specialties:

• Breads and rolls.
• Desserts and pastries.
• Donuts and muffins.
• Cake decorating.

Security and safety:

• Criminal record check.
• Reference required.

Transportation/travel information:

Own transportation.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Attention to detail.
• Fast-paced environment.
• Hand-eye co-ordination.
• Handling heavy loads.
• Manual dexterity.
• Physically demanding.
• Repetitive tasks.
• Standing for extended periods.
• Tight deadlines.
• Work under pressure.

Personal suitability:

• Accurate.
• Dependability.
• Judgement.
• Reliability.
• Team player.
• Patience.
• Ability to multitask.

Screening questions:

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
• Do you have experience working in this field?.

Employment terms options:

Early morning.

Experience:

1 year to less than 2 years.

Employment terms options:

• Morning.
• Weekend.
• Overtime available.

Other benefits:

• Team building opportunities.
• Parking available.

Support for persons with disabilities:

Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities.

Support for newcomers and refugees:

Does not require Canadian work experience.

Support for youths:

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment.
• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.

Support for Indigenous people:

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people.
• Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers .

Support for mature workers:

• Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.) .
• Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities) .