Baker

**Work Setting**:

- Supermarket or bakery department
- Willing to relocate

**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
- Train staff in preparation, cooking and handling of food
- Prepare special orders
- Supervise baking personnel and kitchen staff
- Frost and decorate cakes and baked goods
- Draw up production schedules
- Train staff
- Ensure that the quality of products meets established standards
- Inspect kitchen and food service areas
- Operate machinery
- Organize and maintain inventory
- Oversee sales and merchandising of baked goods
- Prepare dishes for customers with food allergies or intolerances

**Supervision**:

- 1 to 2 people

**Food Specialties**:

- Breads and rolls
- Desserts and pastries
- Donuts and muffins
- Cake decorating

**Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities**:

- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Fast-paced environment
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Standing for extended periods
- Tight deadlines
- Work under pressure

**Personal Suitability**:

- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Reliability
- Team player