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Confectioner
Cake maker Cakes and sweets maker Confectionary products worker Confectionary worker Confectioner
Confectioners make a varied range of cakes, candies and other confectionery items for industrial purposes or for direct selling.
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.
Knowledge
- Food processing
Digital competencies
- Fabricating food and related products
- Preparing food and drinks
- Operating food processing machinery
- Complying with health and safety procedures
- Monitoring quality of products
Digital competencies
- Creating visual displays and decorations
Personal competencies
- Working efficiently
- Demonstrating willingness to learn
- Communicating
- Following ethical code of conduct
- Processing information, ideas and concepts
Professional groups of the occupation
Craft and related trades workers
Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers
Food processing and related trades workers
Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers
Other occupations of the professional group
Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?
Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès
Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers
1.274
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
27,74%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
4,94% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
74,25%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
29,28%
Part-time contracts
1,15% Turnover index
526
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
0%
Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
The market for this profile is hiring
Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age
Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.
Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers
73%
27%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Food processing, woodworking, garment and other craft and related trades workers
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
What vacancies are published in the professional family?
Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year
Food processing and related trades workers
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Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.
What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?
Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
The vacancies published are for working in:
Job vacancies posted by county
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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