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