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