Pastry Maker

**Work Setting**:

- Hotel, motel, resort

**Tasks**:

- Prepare dough for pies, bread, rolls and sweet goods, batters for muffins, cookies and cakes and icings and frostings according to recipes or special customer orders
- Requisition or order materials, equipment and supplies
- Bake mixed dough and batters
- Prepare special orders
- Frost and decorate cakes and baked goods
- Draw up production schedules
- Ensure that the quality of products meets established standards
- Inspect kitchen and food service areas
- Operate machinery
- Organize and maintain inventory
- Prepare dishes for customers with food allergies or intolerances

**Food Specialties**:

- Breads and rolls
- Desserts and pastries
- Wedding and specialty cakes
- Donuts and muffins
- Cake decorating

**Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities**:

- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Fast-paced environment
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Handling heavy loads
- Manual dexterity
- Overtime required
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Standing for extended periods
- Tight deadlines
- Work under pressure

**Personal Suitability**:

- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Reliability
- Team player

**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan

**Financial benefits**:

- As per collective agreement
- Bonus

**Long term benefits**:

- Life insurance
- Other benefits