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Bakers

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This career will grow rapidly in the next few years.

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Mix and bake ingredients to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods.

Related: Chefs & Head Cooks Cooks, Restaurant Food & Tobacco Roasting, Baking, & Drying Machine Operators & Tenders Food Batchmakers Food Cooking Machine Operators & Tenders

Industries: Manufacturing Retail Hotel & Food

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Place dough in pans, molds, or on sheets, and bake in production ovens or on grills.
Check products for quality, and identify damaged or expired goods.
Direct or coordinate bakery deliveries.
Set oven temperatures, and place items into hot ovens for baking.
Order or receive supplies or equipment.
Prepare or maintain inventory or production records.
Check equipment to ensure that it meets health and safety regulations, and perform maintenance or cleaning, as necessary.
Develop new recipes for baked goods.
Check the quality of raw materials to ensure that standards and specifications are met.
Check equipment to ensure that it meets health and safety regulations, and perform maintenance or cleaning, as necessary.
Roll, knead, cut, or shape dough to form sweet rolls, pie crusts, tarts, cookies, or other products.
Observe color of products being baked, and adjust oven temperatures, humidity, or conveyor speeds accordingly.
Decorate baked goods, such as cakes or pastries.
Measure or weigh flour or other ingredients to prepare batters, doughs, fillings, or icings, using scales or graduated containers.
Apply glazes, icings, or other toppings to baked goods, using spatulas or brushes.
Adapt the quantity of ingredients to match the amount of items to be baked.
Combine measured ingredients in bowls of mixing, blending, or cooking machinery.
Operate slicing or wrapping machines.
Observe color of products being baked, and adjust oven temperatures, humidity, or conveyor speeds accordingly.
Check equipment to ensure that it meets health and safety regulations, and perform maintenance or cleaning, as necessary.
Set time and speed controls for mixing machines, blending machines, or steam kettles so that ingredients will be mixed or cooked according to instructions.

Monitoring
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
Critical Thinking
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
Management of Financial Resources
- Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.
Management of Personnel Resources
- Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.
Technology Design
- Making equipment and technology useful for customers.
Programming
- Writing computer programs.
Operations Monitoring
- Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.
Operation and Control
- Using equipment or systems.
Judgment and Decision Making
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
Operations Analysis
- Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.
Negotiation
- Bringing people together to solve differences.
Equipment Maintenance
- Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment.
Instructing
- Teaching people how to do something.
Learning Strategies
- Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.
Active Learning
- Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.
Systems Analysis
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Time Management
- Managing your time and the time of other people.
Management of Material Resources
- Managing equipment and materials.
Equipment Selection
- Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job.
Troubleshooting
- Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.
Quality Control Analysis
- Testing how well a product or service works.
Speaking
- Talking to others.
Persuasion
- Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.
Reading Comprehension
- Reading work-related information.
Writing
- Writing things for co-workers or customers.
Science
- Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.
Active Listening
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
Mathematics
- Using math to solve problems.
Social Perceptiveness
- Understanding people's reactions.
Coordination
- Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
Systems Evaluation
- Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
Installation
- Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs.
Repairing
- Repairing machines or systems using the right tools.
Complex Problem Solving
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Service Orientation
- Looking for ways to help people.

Gross Body Coordination
- Moving your arms, legs, and mid-section together while your whole body is moving.
Depth Perception
- Deciding which thing is closer or farther away from you, or deciding how far away it is from you.
Finger Dexterity
- Putting together small parts with your fingers.
Arm-Hand Steadiness
- Keeping your arm or hand steady.
Rate Control
- Changing when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.
Night Vision
- Seeing at night or under low light.
Response Orientation
- Quickly deciding if you should move your hand, foot, or other body part.
Explosive Strength
- Jumping, sprinting, or throwing something.
Speech Recognition
- Recognizing spoken words.
Oral Expression
- Communicating by speaking.
Deductive Reasoning
- Using rules to solve problems.
Category Flexibility
- Grouping things in different ways.
Memorization
- Remembering words, numbers, pictures, or steps.
Written Expression
- Communicating by writing.
Manual Dexterity
- Holding or moving items with your hands.
Reaction Time
- Quickly moving your hand, finger, or foot based on a sound, light, picture or other command.
Trunk Strength
- Using your lower back and stomach.
Peripheral Vision
- Seeing something to your side when your are looking ahead.
Gross Body Equilibrium
- Keeping your balance or staying upright.
Glare Sensitivity
- Seeing something even if there is a glare or very bright light.
Sound Localization
- Noticing the direction that a sound came from.
Originality
- Creating new and original ideas.
Oral Comprehension
- Listening and understanding what people say.
Selective Attention
- Paying attention to something without being distracted.
Near Vision
- Seeing details up close.
Extent Flexibility
- Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Mathematical Reasoning
- Choosing the right type of math to solve a problem.
Fluency of Ideas
- Coming up with lots of ideas.
Perceptual Speed
- Quickly comparing groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
Spatial Orientation
- Knowing where things are around you.
Wrist-Finger Speed
- Making fast, simple, repeated movements of your fingers, hands, and wrists.
Stamina
- Exercising for a long time without getting out of breath.
Visual Color Discrimination
- Noticing the difference between colors, including shades and brightness.
Visualization
- Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed.
Control Precision
- Quickly changing the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.
Static Strength
- Lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying.
Dynamic Flexibility
- Quickly and repeatedly bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Speed of Limb Movement
- Quickly moving your arms and legs.
Time Sharing
- Doing two or more things at the same time.
Written Comprehension
- Reading and understanding what is written.
Speech Clarity
- Speaking clearly.
Problem Sensitivity
- Noticing when problems happen.
Inductive Reasoning
- Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.
Information Ordering
- Ordering or arranging things.
Number Facility
- Adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.
Speed of Closure
- Quickly knowing what you are looking at.
Flexibility of Closure
- Seeing hidden patterns.
Multilimb Coordination
- Using your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down.
Far Vision
- Seeing details that are far away.
Auditory Attention
- Paying attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds.
Dynamic Strength
- Exercising for a long time without your muscles getting tired.
Hearing Sensitivity
- Telling the difference between sounds.

Administrative
- Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Economics and Accounting
- Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
Personnel and Human Resources
- Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
Food Production
- Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
Computers and Electronics
- Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Geography
- Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
Medicine and Dentistry
- Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
Therapy and Counseling
- Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
History and Archeology
- Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
Philosophy and Theology
- Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
Public Safety and Security
- Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Telecommunications
- Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
Communications and Media
- Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
Administration and Management
- Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Sales and Marketing
- Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
Customer and Personal Service
- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Production and Processing
- Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Engineering and Technology
- Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
Mechanical
- Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Mathematics
- Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Physics
- Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.
English Language
- Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
Foreign Language
- Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
Fine Arts
- Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
Law and Government
- Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Transportation
- Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
Design
- Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Building and Construction
- Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
Chemistry
- Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
Biology
- Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
Psychology
- Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Sociology and Anthropology
- Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.
Education and Training
- Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Education

No formal educational credential

Work Experience

No work experience

Training

1 to 12 months on-the-job training

Education and Training Opportunities

Washington Annual Salary

42690/yr

Washington Hourly Wage

20.53/hr

Currently Employed

6,920

Yearly Projected Openings

1180

Realistic: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They do well at jobs that need:

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Air brushes
Air compressors
Air conveyors
Bar code reader equipment
Belt conveyors
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Blow torch
Cake decorating equipment or moulds
Cappuccino or espresso machines
Cash registers
Cleaning brushes
Coating machines
Commercial use bain maries
Commercial use blenders
Commercial use broilers
Commercial use cake or pie pans
Commercial use coffee grinders
Commercial use coffee or iced tea makers
Commercial use convection ovens
Commercial use cutlery
Commercial use deep fryers
Commercial use dishwashers
Commercial use dough machines
Commercial use food choppers or cubers or dicers
Commercial use food grinders
Commercial use food processors
Commercial use food slicers
Commercial use food warmers
Commercial use graters
Commercial use griddles
Commercial use grills
Commercial use heat lamps
Commercial use high pressure steamers
Commercial use icing sets or bags
Commercial use juicers
Commercial use ladles
Commercial use measuring cups
Commercial use microwave ovens
Commercial use molds
Commercial use ovens
Commercial use peelers
Commercial use pizza ovens
Commercial use ranges
Commercial use rice cookers
Commercial use rolling pins
Commercial use scales
Commercial use scoops
Commercial use smokers or smoke ovens
Commercial use steamers
Commercial use strainers
Commercial use toasters
Commercial use waffle irons
Commercial use whisks
Cookie cutters
Cooking machinery
Cooling machine
Crushing machinery
Dehydrating machinery
Desktop computers
Domestic apple corer
Domestic baking pans
Domestic baking sheets
Domestic biscuit cutters
Domestic bread slicing guide
Domestic cooling racks
Domestic double boilers
Domestic dough press
Domestic food scrapers
Domestic kitchen funnels
Domestic kitchen or food thermometers
Domestic kitchen spatulas
Domestic kitchen timers
Domestic kitchen tongs
Domestic kitchen wire whips
Domestic knife sharpeners
Domestic mandolin
Domestic muffin pans
Domestic pastry brush
Domestic pizza cutters
Domestic sifter
Domestic strainers or colanders
Domestic tortilla bakers
Domestic vegetable brush
Domestic whipped cream maker
Domestic wooden oven paddle
Double arm kneading mixers
Filling machinery
Fire blankets
Fire extinguishers
Forklifts
Forming machine
Hand sprayers
Hand trucks or accessories
Helical blade mixer
Hoists
Ice cream machines
Ice dispensers
Ice shaver machines or accessories
Ink cartridges
Laser printers
Lifts
Notebook computers
Pallet trucks
Preduster
Processing tanks
Razor knives
Remote reading thermometers
Rulers
Single screw mixers
Slicing machinery
Spice or salt or pepper shakers
Tablet computers
Walk in freezers
Walk in refrigerators
Wrapping machinery

Analytical or scientific software
Data base user interface and query software
Desktop publishing software
Electronic mail software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Internet browser software
Inventory management software
Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
Office suite software
Presentation software
Spreadsheet software
Time accounting software
Word processing software

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