Bakers & Flour Confectioners

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.

Entry 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.