Baker

Bakers prepare and bake breads, cakes, cookies, pastries, pies and other baked goods.

Depending on the size and nature of the bakery, bakers may be involved in any combination of the following duties:

• weighing, measuring and mixing ingredients, according to recipes or special customer instructions,
• cutting and forming dough,
• mixing and depositing batters,
• preparing fillings,
• using ovens to bake products,
• frying doughnuts,
• decorating baked goods,
• cleaning bowls and pans after use,
• preparing production schedules to determine the variety and quantity of goods to be produced,
• purchasing, stocking and rotating ingredients and supplies, and
• operating production machinery.