Bakers and flour confectioners

Description

Bakers and flour confectioners prepare and bake dough, pastry and cake mixtures and make and finish flour confectionary products by hand.

Tasks

• weighs ingredients according to recipe
• mixes ingredients using hand or machine to obtain the required consistency
• rolls and cuts pastry, stretches, kneads and moulds dough to form bread, rolls and buns
• fills and glazes pastry, mixes ingredients for cakes
• bakes bread, pastry and cakes
• makes cake decorations, spreads icing, fillings and toppings on products.

Educational Requirements

There are no formal academic entry requirements. Training is typically received on-the-job or by apprenticeship. Apprenticeships and traineeships leading to NVQs/SVQs at Levels 2 and 3 are available.