Baker

About This Role

Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work setting: Bake shop. Café. Coffee 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. Requisition or order materials, equipment and supplies. Bake mixed dough and batters. Train staff in preparation, cooking and handling of food. 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. Schedule staff. Inspect kitchen and food service areas. Operate machinery. Hire and dismiss staff. Organize and maintain inventory. Oversee sales and merchandising of baked goods. Food specialties: Breads and rolls. Desserts and pastries. Donuts and muffins. Transportation/travel information: Own transportation. 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. Personal suitability: Accurate. Dependability. Excellent oral communication. Judgement. Reliability. Team player. Screening questions: Do you have experience working in this field?. Employment terms options: Early morning. Morning. Night. Experience: Experience an asset. Employment terms options: To be determined. Weekend.

What You'll Do

• 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
• Requisition or order materials, equipment and supplies
• Bake mixed dough and batters
• Train staff in preparation, cooking and handling of food
• 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
• Schedule staff
• Inspect kitchen and food service areas
• Operate machinery
• Hire and dismiss staff
• Organize and maintain inventory
• Oversee sales and merchandising of baked goods

What We're Looking For

• Entry level experience
• No degree, certificate or diploma
• Work conditions: 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
• Personal suitability: Accurate, Dependability, Excellent oral communication, Judgement, Reliability, Team player

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