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Document Baker Overview

Bakers prepare products such as yeast-raised goods, cookies, quick breads, pastries, cakes, chocolates, confections and frozen desserts. They are employed in bakeries, supermarkets, catering companies, hotels, restaurants, cruise ships, institutional facilities or may be self-employed. Types of bakeries include wholesale, retail, in-store and specialty establishments.

Bakers may produce a wide variety of baked goods or specialize in certain types of products such as breads, pastries or confections. They prepare doughs and batters for baked goods according to set formulas or their own formulas. They use ovens and fryers to prod... Complete Description

GearTrade Skills

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  • Organizes work.
  • Uses tools and equipment.
  • Prepares cookies.
  • Assembles and finishes cakes and French pastries.
  • Prepares sauces, glazes and garnishes.
  • Prepares cakes.
  • Finishes baked goods.
  • Prepares chocolate.
  • Prepares plated desserts.
  • Finishes yeast-raised goods.

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  • cream horn rollers
  • divider*
  • cookie cutters
  • decorating tubes
  • can opener*
  • croissant cutter*
  • drip screen
  • French knife
  • comb*
  • crimping tongs
  • bench brushes
  • dipping fork*
  • colander*
  • flour scoop
  • bench scraper
  • dock roller
  • blow torch*
  • doughnut cutter*
  • cutting wire
  • doughnut stick

Text treeTerminology

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  • cocoa
  • batter
  • chiffon cake
  • gluten
  • meringue
  • emulsion
  • scone
  • pastry cream
  • peel
  • fermentation
  • wash
  • marzipan
  • baked Alaska
  • pastillage
  • baking
  • streusel
  • custard
  • soufflĂ©
  • mousse
  • gum paste

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for British Columbia, Vancouver & Lower Mainland Southwest [change]

General Wage

  • Average - $13.16
  • Minimum - $9.75
  • Maximum - $18.78

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