Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers

Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers make various kinds of bread, cakes, and other flour products, as well as handmade chocolate and sugar confectionery.

Skill level: Semi-skilled

Check your Wage

  • Salary range for the majority of workers in Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers - from $1,261 to $3,198 per month - 2024.
  • A Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers typically earns between $1,261 and $2,338 gross per month at the start of the job.
  • After 5 years of service, this is between $1,313 and $2,485 per month for a working week of 40 hours.

Tasks and duties

  • Making bread, cakes, biscuits, pastries, pies and other flour products
  • Making handmade confectionery from mixtures of sugar, chocolate and other ingredients using hand tools and some machines
  • Combining measured ingredients in bowls of mixing, blending, or cooking machinery
  • Checking the quality of raw materials to ensure that standards and specifications are met
  • Applying glazes, icings, or other toppings to baked goods, using spatulas or brushes
  • Checking the cleanliness of equipment and operation of premises before production runs to ensure compliance with occupational health and safety regulations
  • Monitoring oven temperatures and product appearance to determine baking times
  • Coordinating the forming, loading, baking, unloading, de-panning and cooling of batches of bread, rolls, pastry and confectionary products
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