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6252 – Bakers
Bakers prepare bread, rolls, muffins, pies, pastries, cakes and cookies in retail and wholesale bakeries and dining establishments. They are employed in bakeries, supermarkets, catering companies, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, and other institutions, or they may be self-employed. Bakers who are supervisors are included in this unit group.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Apprentice baker - retail
- Bagel baker
- Bagel maker
- Baker
- Baker - retail
- Baker apprentice
- Baker, pâtissier
- Baker, specialty foods
- Baker, specialty foods - retail
- Bakery bench hand
- Bakery supervisor
- Bakery supervisor - retail
- Bench hand, bakery
- Biscuit baker
- Bread baker
- Bread baker - retail
- Cake and pastry decorator - retail
- Cake baker - retail
- Cake decorator
- Cake decorator - retail
- Cake icer
- Donut baker
- Donut maker
- French pastry baker - retail
- Grocery store baker
- Hand icer - bakery
- Head baker
- Head baker - retail
- Hospital baker
- Hotel baker
- Icer, hand - bakery
- Junior baker
- Muffin baker
- Muffin maker
- Pastry decorator
- Pastry decorator - retail
- Pastry maker
- Pâtissier, baker
- Specialty foods baker
- Specialty foods baker - retail
- Wedding cake decorator
- Baker
- Baker apprentice
- Bakery supervisor
- Head baker
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Bakers perform some or all of the following duties:
- Prepare dough for pies, bread and rolls and sweet goods, and prepare batters for muffins, cookies, cakes, icings and frostings according to recipes or special customer orders
- Operate machinery
- Bake mixed doughs and batters
- Frost and decorate cakes or other baked goods
- Ensure quality of products meets established standards
- Draw up production schedule to determine type and quantity of goods to produce
- Purchase baking supplies
- May oversee sales and merchandising of baked goods
- May hire, train and supervise baking personnel and kitchen staff.
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Completion of a three- or four-year apprenticeship program for bakers or Completion of a college or other program for bakers is usually required.
- On-the-job training may be provided.
- Trade certification is available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.
- Interprovincial trade certification (Red Seal) is also available to qualified bakers.
Additional information
- Red Seal trade certification allows for interprovincial mobility.
Exclusions
- Baking machine operators (in 9461 Process Control and Machine Operators, Food and Beverage Processing)
- Pastry chefs (in 6241 Chefs)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 6 – Sales and Service Occupations
- Skill level
- B – Occupations usually require college education or apprenticeship training.
- Major group
- 62 – Skilled Sales and Service Occupations
- Minor group
- 625 – Butchers and Bakers
- Version
- NOC 2006 Version 1.0