Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
- Bake shop
- Café
- Coffee shop
Responsibilities
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
- Prepare pastry for special occasions, such as weddings and birthdays
- 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
- Schedule staff
- Inspect kitchen and food service areas
- Operate machinery
- Hire and dismiss staff
- 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
Experience and specialization
Food specialties
- Breads and rolls
- Desserts and pastries
- Wedding and specialty cakes
- Donuts and muffins
- Cake decorating
- Chocolate
Specialization or experience
- Green economy sector
- Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Public transportation is available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Rapid-paced environment
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Handling heavy loads
- Manual dexterity
- 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
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
- Patience