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Job Description
Mix and bake ingredients to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-3011.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 27,110.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 13.00
- Currently, there are 180,450 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Bakers”.
Also Known As…
- Bakers
- Scaler
- Processor
- Pastry Chef
- Mixer
- Machine Operator
- Dough Mixer
- Cake Decorator
- Bakery Manager
- Bakery Clerk
- Baker
- Sponger
- Sponge Maker
- Roll Panner
- Roll Machine Operator
- Pie Maker
- Pie Baker
- Pastry Finisher
- Pastry Decorator
- Pastry Cook
- Pastry Baker
- Panner
- Pan Puller
- Pan Dumper
- Oven Dumper
- Night Baker
- Manufacturing Baker
- Industrial Cook
- Head Cook
- Head Baker
- French Pastry Cook
- Dough Maker
- Bench Hand
- Bakery Team Member
- Bagel Maker
Tasks for “Baker”
- Decorate baked goods, such as cakes or pastries.
- Check products for quality and identify damaged or expired goods.
- Check equipment to ensure that it meets health and safety regulations and perform maintenance or cleaning, as necessary.
- Prepare or maintain inventory or production records.
- Operate slicing or wrapping machines.
- Order or receive supplies or equipment.
- Combine measured ingredients in bowls of mixing, blending, or cooking machinery.
- Direct or coordinate bakery deliveries.
- Measure or weigh flour or other ingredients to prepare batters, doughs, fillings, or icings, using scales or graduated containers.
- Observe color of products being baked and adjust oven temperatures, humidity, or conveyor speeds accordingly.
- Place dough in pans, molds, or on sheets and bake in production ovens or on grills.
- Adapt the quantity of ingredients to match the amount of items to be baked.
- Apply glazes, icings, or other toppings to baked goods, using spatulas or brushes.
- Develop new recipes for baked goods.
- Roll, knead, cut, or shape dough to form sweet rolls, pie crusts, tarts, cookies, or other products.
- Check the quality of raw materials to ensure that standards and specifications are met.
- Set oven temperatures and place items into hot ovens for baking.
- Set time and speed controls for mixing machines, blending machines, or steam kettles so that ingredients will be mixed or cooked according to instructions.
Related Technology & Tools
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- Offset spatulas
- Mandolines
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- Bowl scrapers
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- Marzipan tools
- Bread bannetons
- Icing spreaders
- Cooking burners
- Skimmers
- Doughnut fryers
- Ice shaver
- Commercial kitchen convection ovens
- Dough dockers
- Dough extruders
- Bench knives
- Sprayers
- Waffle irons
- Dough sheeters
- Dough thermometers
- Bakery muffin pans
- Industrial toasters
- Bowl knives
- China caps
- Kitchen shears
- Dough laminators
- Cooling tunnels
- Double boilers
- Kitchen tongs
- Portable air compressors
- Commercial cake pans
- Fermentation tanks
- Industrial kitchen griddles
- Bakers' couches
- Channel knives
- Wire whips
- Refrigerator thermometers
- Box cutters
- Dessert molds
- Bread slicers
- Probe thermometers
- Propane torches
- Bread pans
- Bakery cookie cutters
- Filled stick extruders
- Doughnut depositors
- Cake dividers
- Industrial kitchen food blenders
- Baking sheets
- Icing smoothers
- Pallet jacks
- Pan liners
- Reciprocating blade slicers
- Oven peels
- Whipped cream machines
- Dishwashing machines
- Fruit corers
- Sugar/spice pulverizers
- Fire suppression blankets
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- Chocolate warmers
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- Tunnel ovens
- Cake molds
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- Pastry wheels
- Pan cooling towers
- Commercial baking ladles
- Tart rings
- Pastry slicing jigs
- Juice extractors
- Food warmers
- Espresso makers
- Cappuccino makers
- Cake rings
- Pullman loaf pans
- Cake decorating tubes
- Cake depositors
- Straight spatulas
- Steam injected ovens
- Desktop computers
- Infrared food heating lamps
- Steam kettles
- Bagel dividers
- Doughnut screens
- Industrial freezing equipment
- Pressurized steam cookers
- Cake decorating stencils
- Bread molders
- Fruit zesters
- Cake levelers
- Ejector sets
- Commercial kitchen microwave ovens
- Pastry brushes
- Deck ovens
- Liquid ingredient measuring cups
- Reversible sheeters
- Commercial coffeemakers
- Flour scoops
- Bench brushes
- Wrapping machines
- Sugar shakers
- Rolling pins
- Continuous kneading machines
- Ice machines
- Pretzel dough twisting machines
- Chinois
- Bain maries
- Commercial food grilling equipment
- Industrial kitchen food smokers
- Hot cases
- Weigh hoppers
- Textured mats
- Dough trough hoists
- Dough scrapers
- Industrial refrigeration equipment
- Cream whippers
- Pretzel ovens
- Colanders
- Decorating pens
- Bread crumbers
- Candy thermometers
- Manual dough presses
- Cake decorating tips
- Nut grinders
- Food cooling racks
- Commercial pie pans
- Hot plates
- Commercial coffee grinders
- Ramekins
- Open fat kettles
- Barcode scanners
- Kitchen strainers
- Revolving tray ovens
- Chefs' knives
- Cake decorating palette knives
- Baguette molders
- Depanning machines
- Digital kitchen timers
- Measuring sticks
- Spiral mixers
- Digital food thermometers
- Tart tampers
- Ice cream machines
- Direct recirculating ovens
- Chocolate molds
- Rotary molders
- Tortilla grills
- Doughnut tumblers
- Dough chunkers
- Direct gas fired ovens
- Vegetable cleaning brushes
- Doughnut cutters
- Bun machines
- Sharpening stones
- Automatic dough presses
- Spray bottles
- Fondant crimpers
- Pie presses
- Industrial kitchen broilers
- Pastry bags
- Dough dividers
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