About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Work setting: Bake shop.
Tasks
- Prepare dough for pies, bread, rolls and sweet goods, batters for muffins, cookies and cakes and icings and frostings according to recipes or special customer orders.
- Bake mixed dough and batters.
- Train staff in preparation, cooking and handling of food.
- Prepare special orders.
- Supervise baking personnel and kitchen staff.
- Frost and decorate cakes and baked goods.
- Draw up production schedules.
- Train staff.
- Ensure that the quality of products meets established standards.
- Operate machinery.
- Conduct quality control.
- Communicate with other workers to co-ordinate the preparation and completion of work assignments.
- Ensure safety procedures are followed.
Supervision: 3-4 people.
Food specialties: Desserts and pastries.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Attention to detail.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Work under pressure.
- Personal suitability: Accurate.
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Patience.
Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years.