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.
- Prepare pastry for special occasions, such as weddings and birthdays.
- Requisition or order materials, equipment and supplies.
- Bake mixed dough and batters.
- Prepare special orders.
- Frost and decorate cakes and baked goods.
- Draw up production schedules.
- Ensure that the quality of products meets established standards.
- Oversee sales and merchandising of baked goods.
- Prepare dishes for customers with food allergies or intolerances.
- Cuisine specialties: Gluten-free.
- Vegan.
- Food specialties: Desserts and pastries.
- Wedding and specialty cakes.
- Cake decorating.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Ability to distinguish between colours.
- Attention to detail.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Tight deadlines.
- Work under pressure.
- Personal suitability: Accurate.
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Excellent written communication.
- Judgement.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Patience.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years.
- Employment terms options: Shift.
- Morning.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Support for youths: Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.