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