5432 — Bakers and flour confectioners
Medium Skilled
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What this occupation covers
Bakers and flour confectioners prepare and bake dough, pastry and cake mixtures and make and finish flour confectionary products by hand.
Typical duties
weighs ingredients according to recipe
mixes ingredients using hand or machine to obtain the required consistency
rolls and cuts pastry, stretches, kneads and moulds dough to form bread, rolls and buns
fills and glazes pastry, mixes ingredients for cakes
bakes bread, pastry and cakes
makes cake decorations, spreads icing, fillings and toppings on products
Entry routes and qualifications
There are no formal academic entry requirements. Training is typically received on-the-job or by apprenticeship. Apprenticeships and traineeships leading to NVQs/SVQs or equivalent qualifications at levels 2 and 3 are available.
Sponsorship information
Medium Skilled. Actual duties, sponsor, applicant, salary and any transitional or shortage-list conditions must be checked.
DBS assessment
No code-wide DBS assessment is assigned. Check actual duties, activities, workplace, frequency and jurisdiction. This code does not determine the level of check.
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