baker
Education:
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Work setting:
- Bake shop.
- Restaurant.
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.
- Prepare pastry for special occasions, such as weddings and birthdays.
- Requisition or order materials, equipment and supplies.
- Bake mixed dough and batters.
- 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.
Food specialties:
- Breads and rolls.
- Desserts and pastries.
- Cake decorating.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Ability to distinguish between colours.
- 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.
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Excellent written communication.
- Judgement.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Patience.
Experience:
1 to less than 7 months.
Employment terms options:
- Early morning.
- Morning.
- Day.
- Overtime required.