Bakers and Flour Confectioners
Bakers and flour confectioners prepare and bake dough, pastry and cake mixtures and make and finish flour confectionary products by hand.
More about this Career
Average Salary
£19192
New workers start around £12710. Normal pay is £19192 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £28989.
Jobs
1479
Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs.
Daily Tasks
- Makes cake decorations, spreads icing, fillings and toppings on products.
- Bakes bread, pastry and cakes.
- Fills and glazes pastry, mixes ingredients for cakes.
- Rolls and cuts pastry, stretches, kneads and moulds dough to form bread, rolls and buns.
- Mixes ingredients using hand or machine to obtain the required consistency.
- Weighs ingredients according to recipe.
Skills Employers are looking for
Soft skills
Soft skills are non-technical skills that include how you interact with colleagues, solve problems, and manage your work
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Monitoring
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Active Learning
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Speaking
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Critical Thinking
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Learning Strategies
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Mathematics
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Reading Comprehension
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Active Listening
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Writing
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Science
