Baker

Overview

Bakers prepare and bake bread loaves and rolls.

Day-to-day

• checks the cleanliness of equipment and operating site to ensure compliance with health and safety regulation
• checks quality of raw materials and weighs ingredients
• implements appropriate baking techniques
• prepares pastry fillings
• monitors oven temperature and products appearance
• co-ordinates the forming, loading, baking, unloading, de-panning and cooling of batches of breads, rolls and pastry products
• glazes buns and pastries, and decorating cakes with cream and icing
• operating machines which roll and mould dough and cut biscuits
• empties, cleans and greases baking trays, tins and other cooking equipment.

Considerations

• physically demanding.