Baker

Mix and bake ingredients to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Bakery Worker; Bread Baker; Cake Baker; Cake Decorator; Dough Mixer; Mixer; Pastry Cook; Relief Baker; Scaler; Specialty Baker

Tasks

• Measure or weigh flour or other ingredients to prepare batters, doughs, fillings, or icings, using scales or graduated containers.
• Set oven temperatures, and place items into hot ovens for baking.
• Check products for quality, and identify damaged or expired goods.
• 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.
• Place dough in pans, molds, or on sheets, and bake in production ovens or on grills.
• Observe color of products being baked, and adjust oven temperatures, humidity, or conveyor speeds accordingly.
• Set time and speed controls for mixing machines, blending machines, or steam kettles so that ingredients will be mixed or cooked according to instructions.
• 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.
• Roll, knead, cut, or shape dough to form sweet rolls, pie crusts, tarts, cookies, or other products.
• Decorate baked goods, such as cakes or pastries.
• Apply glazes, icings, or other toppings to baked goods, using spatulas or brushes.

Knowledge

• Production and Processing
• Food Production

Skills

• Active Listening

Abilities

• Near Vision
• Problem Sensitivity
• Manual Dexterity
• Oral Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Deductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Category Flexibility
• Selective Attention
• Control Precision
• Visual Color Discrimination
• Speech Recognition
• Speech Clarity