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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
- Bakery Team Member
- Bagel Maker
Tasks for “Bench Hand”
- Roll, knead, cut, or shape dough to form sweet rolls, pie crusts, tarts, cookies, or other products.
- Check products for quality and identify damaged or expired goods.
- Measure or weigh flour or other ingredients to prepare batters, doughs, fillings, or icings, using scales or graduated containers.
- Prepare or maintain inventory or production records.
- Adapt the quantity of ingredients to match the amount of items to be baked.
- Check equipment to ensure that it meets health and safety regulations and perform maintenance or cleaning, as necessary.
- Operate slicing or wrapping machines.
- 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.
- Decorate baked goods, such as cakes or pastries.
- Set oven temperatures and place items into hot ovens for baking.
- Combine measured ingredients in bowls of mixing, blending, or cooking machinery.
- Check the quality of raw materials to ensure that standards and specifications are met.
- Order or receive supplies or equipment.
- Set time and speed controls for mixing machines, blending machines, or steam kettles so that ingredients will be mixed or cooked according to instructions.
- Apply glazes, icings, or other toppings to baked goods, using spatulas or brushes.
- Develop new recipes for baked goods.
- Direct or coordinate bakery deliveries.
Related Technology & Tools
- Horizontal dough mixers
- Tunnel ovens
- Tortilla grills
- Food drying equipment
- Cooking burners
- Industrial freezing equipment
- Planetary mixers
- Guillotine cutters
- Decorating pens
- Ice machines
- Oven peels
- Offset spatulas
- Blast chillers
- Fire suppression blankets
- Pan cooling towers
- Icing machines
- Direct gas fired ovens
- Food dicers
- French bread molders
- Flour scoops
- Portion scales
- Bread slicers
- Pressurized steam cookers
- Pullman loaf pans
- Cake rings
- Tablet computers
- Digital scales
- Chocolate shavers
- Deck ovens
- Dessert molds
- Tilt mixers
- Industrial kitchen broilers
- Cake decorating tubes
- Reversible sheeters
- Food warmers
- Dough sheeters
- Dough proofers
- Bagel dividers
- Dishwashing machines
- Bowl scrapers
- Produce peelers
- Chinois
- Pallet jacks
- Reciprocating blade slicers
- China caps
- Sugar lamps
- Whipped cream machines
- Fondant crimpers
- Icing spreaders
- Industrial kitchen belt conveyors
- Baking frames
- Pie presses
- Liquid ingredient measuring cups
- Bakers' couches
- Chocolate warmers
- Double boilers
- Pastry filling funnels
- Tart tampers
- Juice extractors
- Bain maries
- Kitchen tongs
- Flour dusters
- Tart rings
- Cannoli tubes
- Sugar shakers
- Rotary molders
- Sugar/spice pulverizers
- Probe thermometers
- Direct recirculating ovens
- Computer laser printers
- Barquette molds
- Cake decorating stencils
- Cake levelers
- Rolling pins
- Dough extruders
- Cake decorating combs
- Kitchen fire extinguishers
- Cream whippers
- Cake molds
- Infrared food heating lamps
- Industrial kitchen griddles
- Open fat kettles
- Pretzel ovens
- Bakery cookie cutters
- Chocolate molds
- Barcode scanners
- Rice cookers
- Bench knives
- Icing spatulas
- Commercial kitchen food processors
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- Doughnut depositors
- Conical rounders
- Fruit zesters
- Dough thermometers
- Bread bannetons
- Fermentation tanks
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- Squeeze bottles
- Sprayers
- Vegetable cleaning brushes
- Bowl knives
- Cappuccino makers
- Honing steels
- Digital kitchen timers
- Portable air compressors
- Commercial coffee grinders
- Pastry wheels
- Dough chunkers
- Food graters
- Doughnut screens
- Pastry brushes
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- Channel knives
- Ramekins
- Pastry bags
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- Pan greasers
- Hot cases
- Dry ingredient measuring cups
- Biscuit dough cutters
- Ice cream machines
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- Revolving tray ovens
- Depanning machines
- Hot plates
- Desktop computers
- Commercial pie pans
- Commercial kitchen microwave ovens
- Pretzel dough twisting machines
- Hearth ovens
- Marzipan tools
- Laptop computers
- Chefs' knives
- Fruit corers
- Electric salamanders
- Continuous kneading machines
- Tartlet machines
- Ejector sets
- Food cooling racks
- Filled stick extruders
- Manual dough presses
- Bench brushes
- Weigh hoppers
- Perforated grill spatulas
- Refrigerator thermometers
- Oven loaders
- Pastry filling machines
- Lift trucks
- Cake dividers
- Bun machines
- Dough dividers
- Pizza cutters
- Bakery muffin pans
- Mandolines
- Pastry slicing jigs
- Baking sheets
- Bread crumbers
- Wire whips
- Sharpening stones
- Espresso makers
- Straight spatulas
- Steam kettles
- Cookie scoops
- Pastry crimpers
- Industrial refrigeration equipment
- Spray bottles
- Kitchen shears
- Steam injected ovens
- Pneumatic conveyors
- Edible-ink cartridges
- Egg breaking machines
- Electronic cash registers
- Dough scrapers
- Cake decorating air brushes
- Ingredient sifters
- Automatic dough presses
- Industrial kitchen food smokers
- Bagel kettles
- Commercial coffeemakers
- Paring knives
- Fork mixers
- Box cutters
- Dough trough hoists
- Bread knives
- Colanders
- Doughnut tumblers
- Pan liners
- Cake decorating tips
- Commercial baking ladles
- Skimmers
- Balance scales
- Candy thermometers
- Cake depositors
- Textured mats
- Measuring sticks
- Doughnut fryers
- Kitchen strainers
- Bread molders
- Commercial food grilling equipment
- Wrapping machines
- Cake decorating turntables
- Dough dockers
- Bread pans
- Doughnut cutters
- Commercial food whisks
- Waffle irons
- Serrated knives
- Measuring spoons
- Pretzel dough extruding machines
- Cookie depositors
- Baguette molders
- Fondant smoothers
- Ice shaver
- Cooling tunnels
- Industrial toasters
- Dough laminators
- Cake decorating palette knives
- Rose nails
- Hand trucks
- Propane torches
- Nut grinders
- Commercial cake pans
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