Bakers

Bakers prepare and bake bread loaves and rolls.

What the job involves

• Checks the cleanliness of equipment and operating site to ensure compliance with health and safety regulation

• Checks quality of raw materials and weighs ingredients

• Implements appropriate baking techniques

• Prepares pastry fillings

• Monitors oven temperature and products appearance

• Co-ordinates the forming, loading, baking, unloading, de-panning and cooling of batches of breads, rolls and pastry products

• Glazes buns and pastries, and decorating cakes with cream and icing

• Operating machines which roll and mould dough and cut biscuits

• Empties, cleans and greases baking trays, tins and other cooking equipment