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Baker

Baker

  • Craft delicious creations that bring joy to people's lives every day.
  • Transform simple ingredients into delightful treats that brighten any occasion.
  • Explore the art of baking, where precision meets creativity in every bite.
💰 Earn $36K-$44K
📚 None

Overview

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

Scoop

Minimum Education

None

Career Prospects

Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

6 months to 1 year

Job Openings

40,400 in Total

Earnings

$37,700 Med. in CA

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Day-to-Day

  • Check products for quality, and identify damaged or expired goods.
  • Set oven temperatures, and place items into hot ovens for baking.
  • Combine measured ingredients in bowls of mixing, blending, or cooking machinery.
  • Place dough in pans, molds, or on sheets, and bake in production ovens or on grills.
  • Set time and speed controls for mixing machines, blending machines, or steam kettles so that ingredients will be mixed or cooked according to instructions.

Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

  • Using data or completing tasks
  • Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

  • Monitoring
  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Operation and Control
  • Reading Comprehension

You value 🙏

  • Having support
  • Accomplishing things
  • Support
  • Independence
  • Having freedom
  • Achievement

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