£8,320
Average salary at age 20
£18,200
Average Salary
37
Average hours per week
Description
Bakers and flour confectioners prepare and bake dough, pastry and cake mixtures and make and finish flour confectionary products by hand.Main Tasks
- 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.
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 at Levels 2 and 3 are available.What Bakers and flour confectioners studied in higher education
| Occupation | Percentage Value |
|---|---|
| (L4) Social policy | 1 |
| (L7) Human & social geography | 1 |
| (W2) Design studies | 6 |
| (C1) Biology | 2 |
| (H3) Mechanical engineering | 1 |
| (F1) Chemistry | 2 |
| (C8) Psychology | 3 |
| (W1) Fine art | 3 |
| (P4) Publishing | 1 |
| (V3) History by topic | 1 |
| (W3) Music | 2 |
| (F6) Geology | 1 |
| (F8) Physical geographical sciences | 1 |
| (W8) Imaginative writing | 1 |
| (W6) Cinematics & photography | 6 |
| (C7) Molecular biology, biophysics & biochemistry | 1 |
| (Q3) English studies | 5 |
| (L2) Politics | 1 |
| (K2) Building | 2 |
| (K1) Architecture | 1 |
| (N5) Marketing | 1 |
| (M1) Law by area | 1 |
| (M2) Law by topic | 1 |
| (J9) Others in technology | 2 |
| (N8) Hospitality, leisure, sport, tourism & transport | 2 |
| (B9) Others in subjects allied to medicine | 1 |
| (F4) Forensic & archaeological sciences | 2 |
| (I3) Software engineering | 1 |
| (N6) Human resource management | 1 |
| (V5) Philosophy | 1 |
| (L1) Economics | 2 |
| (I6) Games | 1 |
| (W9) Others in creative arts & design | 1 |
| (X3) Academic studies in education | 4 |
| (L5) Social work | 1 |
| (D6) Food & beverage studies | 14 |
| (K4) Planning (urban, rural & regional) | 1 |
| (N4) Accounting | 1 |
| (C6) Sport & exercise science | 2 |
| (C3) Zoology | 1 |
| (P3) Media studies | 5 |
| (V1) History by period | 4 |
| (H6) Electronic & electrical engineering | 1 |
| (I1) Computer science | 2 |
| (W5) Dance | 1 |
UK Prospects
32900
Workforce Size
9.96%
Predicted decline 2021 - 2027
8146
Predicted Replacement 2021 - 2027
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