Bakers and flour confectioners prepare and bake dough, pastry and cake mixtures and make and finish flour confectionary products by hand.

Entry Reqirements

Level 2 NVQ; GCSE at grades A*-C

Typical 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.

Desired Skills

Monitoring, Active Learning, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Learning Strategies, Mathematics, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Writing, Science