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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 Baker
- French Pastry Cook
- Dough Maker
- Bench Hand
- Bakery Team Member
- Bagel Maker
Tasks for “Head Cook”
- Observe color of products being baked and adjust oven temperatures, humidity, or conveyor speeds accordingly.
- Check the quality of raw materials to ensure that standards and specifications are met.
- Direct or coordinate bakery deliveries.
- Measure or weigh flour or other ingredients to prepare batters, doughs, fillings, or icings, using scales or graduated containers.
- Roll, knead, cut, or shape dough to form sweet rolls, pie crusts, tarts, cookies, or other products.
- Check equipment to ensure that it meets health and safety regulations and perform maintenance or cleaning, as necessary.
- Decorate baked goods, such as cakes or pastries.
- Check products for quality and identify damaged or expired goods.
- Apply glazes, icings, or other toppings to baked goods, using spatulas or brushes.
- Combine measured ingredients in bowls of mixing, blending, or cooking machinery.
- Set time and speed controls for mixing machines, blending machines, or steam kettles so that ingredients will be mixed or cooked according to instructions.
- Adapt the quantity of ingredients to match the amount of items to be baked.
- Set oven temperatures and place items into hot ovens for baking.
- Order or receive supplies or equipment.
- Place dough in pans, molds, or on sheets and bake in production ovens or on grills.
- Operate slicing or wrapping machines.
- Develop new recipes for baked goods.
- Prepare or maintain inventory or production records.
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- Bakers' couches
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- Pie presses
- Rotary molders
- Portion scales
- Fruit corers
- Commercial baking ladles
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- Tilt mixers
- Bain maries
- Pastry crimpers
- Probe thermometers
- Skimmers
- Dishwashing machines
- Sugar/spice pulverizers
- Biscuit dough cutters
- Cannoli tubes
- Barcode scanners
- Sugar lamps
- Cake rings
- Weigh hoppers
- Pressurized steam cookers
- Kitchen fire extinguishers
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- Candy thermometers
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- Open fat kettles
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- Icing smoothers
- Tart tampers
- Doughnut fryers
- Channel knives
- Dough dockers
- Doughnut screens
- Cake decorating tips
- Ice shaver
- Cooling tunnels
- Hot plates
- Pan liners
- Icing spreaders
- Tartlet machines
- Fermentation tanks
- Bread bannetons
- Cake dividers
- Box cutters
- Commercial pie pans
- Portable air compressors
- Digital kitchen timers
- Bun machines
- Nut grinders
- Dough thermometers
- Juice extractors
- Desktop computers
- Computer laser printers
- Rolling pins
- Measuring sticks
- Direct gas fired ovens
- Fruit zesters
- Dough sheeters
- Sprayers
- Commercial cake pans
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- Infrared food heating lamps
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- Ramekins
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- Double boilers
- Flour scoops
- Food warmers
- Pastry filling machines
- French bread molders
- Ingredient sifters
- Straight spatulas
- Liquid ingredient measuring cups
- Baking frames
- Cake depositors
- Bowl scrapers
- Ice cream machines
- Cookie depositors
- Laptop computers
- Planetary mixers
- Cake molds
- Pretzel dough extruding machines
- Edible-ink cartridges
- Dough dividers
- Bowl knives
- Revolving tray ovens
- Cream whippers
- Filled stick extruders
- Bread crumbers
- Fondant smoothers
- Reversible sheeters
- Bench brushes
- Commercial kitchen food processors
- Electronic cash registers
- Rice cookers
- Chocolate warmers
- Bagel dividers
- Bench knives
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- Steam injected ovens
- Decorating pens
- Ice machines
- Industrial freezing equipment
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- Cake decorating tubes
- China caps
- Direct recirculating ovens
- Cake decorating air brushes
- Bread molders
- Rose nails
- Offset spatulas
- Serrated knives
- Dough proofers
- Cookie scoops
- Balance scales
- Pullman loaf pans
- Paring knives
- Spiral mixers
- Food dicers
- Steam kettles
- Digital scales
- Bakery cookie cutters
- Pneumatic conveyors
- Fire suppression blankets
- Industrial refrigeration equipment
- Measuring spoons
- Chefs' knives
- Blast chillers
- Dough trough hoists
- Digital food thermometers
- Manual dough presses
- Whipped cream machines
- Ejector sets
- Espresso makers
- Pretzel ovens
- Horizontal dough mixers
- Wrapping machines
- Cake levelers
- Propane torches
- Bread slicers
- Doughnut tumblers
- Food graters
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