About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.
Work setting: Bake shop. Large volume bakery.
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.
- 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.
- Inspect kitchen and food service areas.
- Operate machinery.
- Organize and maintain inventory.
- Prepare dishes for customers with food allergies or intolerances.
- Supervision: 3-4 people.
- Food specialties: Breads and rolls.
- Desserts and pastries.
- Wedding and specialty cakes.
- Donuts and muffins.
- Cake decorating.
- Chocolate.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Ability to distinguish between colours.
- Attention to detail.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Manual dexterity.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- 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.
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Night.
- On call.
- To be determined.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.
- Overtime available.