Bakers make a wide range of breads, pastries, and other baked goods. They follow all the processes from receipt and storage of raw materials, preparation of raw materials for bread-making, measurement and mixing of ingredients into dough and proof. They tend ovens to bake products to an adequate temperature and time.

Tasks

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