Bakers prepare and bake bread loaves and rolls, buns, cakes, biscuits and pastry goods.
Occupation description
Bakers prepare and bake bread loaves and rolls, buns, cakes, biscuits and pastry goods.
Their job involves:
- checking the cleanliness of equipment and operation of premises before production runs to ensure compliance with occupational health and safety regulations
- checking the quality of raw materials and weighing ingredients
- kneading, maturing, cutting, moulding, mixing and shaping dough and pastry goods
- preparing pastry fillings
- monitoring oven temperatures and product appearance to determine baking times
- coordinating the forming, loading, baking, unloading, de-panning and cooling of batches of bread, rolls and pastry products
- glazing buns and pastries, and decorating cakes with cream and icing
- operating machines which roll and mould dough and cut biscuits
- emptying, cleaning and greasing baking trays, tins and other cooking equipment.
NOTE: This occupation requires bakers to be engaged in all stages of preparing and baking rather than just cooking preprepared (frozen) products or operating baking machinery.
How will I be assesed?
Documentary Evidence Assessment
We will review your documentary evidence to ensure it meets the employment and training requirements and indicates that you have the necessary skills, knowledge and experience as a Baker.
You can find information about the employment, training, and document requirements below:
- For information on what evidence you need to include with your application, download the Evidence guide.
- If you are in pathway 1 you also need to find information on assessment for your specific occupation
- For information about the employment experience requirements for a Pathway 1 application, please refer to the Pathway 1 Employment Experience Guidelines.
- If you are applying for a Pathway 2 assessment, please read the Pathway 2 Candidate Guide.
Technical Assessment
If you are successful in Stage 1, you will complete a technical assessment.
For more information about the technical assessment, see the Pathway 1 Technical Assessment Guide and Pathway 2 Candidate Guide.
What skills and knowledge do I need?
The qualification relevant to this job is FBP30521 Certificate III in Baking. To be awarded this qualification, you must demonstrate your skills and knowledge in the units of competency listed below. Each unit of competency defines a selection of knowledge and skills required in Australian workplaces.
You must achieve 19 units of competency:
- 15 core units
- 4 elective units
- Core Unites
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Code Title FBPWHS2001 Participate in work health and safety processes FBPFSY2002 Apply food safety procedures FBPOPR2069 Use numerical applications in the workplace FBPRBK3015 Schedule and produce bakery production FBPRBK2002 Use food preparation equipment to prepare fillings FBPRBK3001 Produce laminated pastry products FBPRBK3002 Produce non laminated pastry products FBPRBK3009 Produce biscuit and cookie products FBPRBK3008 Produce sponge cake products FBPRBK3010 Produce cake and pudding products FBPRBK3018 Produce basic artisan products FBPRBK3005 Produce basic bread products FBPRBK3007 Produce specialty flour bread products FBPRBK3006 Produce savoury bread products FBPRBK3014 Produce sweet yeast products
- Elective Units
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Code Title SITXHRM001 Coach others in job skills FBPRBK4001 Produce artisan bread products* FBPRBK3011 Produce frozen dough products* FBPRBK4003 Produce gateaux, tortes and entremets* FBPRBK3004 Produce meringue products FBPRBK3003 Produce specialist pastry products SIRXSLS001 Sell to the retail customer FBPRBK3016 Control and order bakery stock
You must demonstrate competency in all core and elective units of competency and all of their prerequisite units.
NOTE: * indicates that a unit requires a pre-requisite.
How to Apply
If you're a tradesperson, your skills and experience will be assessed by someone who has worked in your trade and understands your skills and qualifications. VETASSES is Australia's leading assessment body for trades and we can assess 27 different trade occupations.
Step 1
Check your eligibility to apply for a Trade Skills Assessment.
Step 2
Understand the Assessment Process
Step 3
Confirm the type of evidence you may be asked to provide
Step 4
Find the cost you’ll need to pay up front for your trade skills assessment
Step 5
FAQs
You are strongly encouraged to review each of the units of competency shown above. To do this:
1. Go to the following website: http://training.gov.au/Search.
2. Enter a unit code (e.g. MSMWHS200) into the ‘Title or code’ search box.
3. Click on the ‘NRT’ button.
4. Click on the ‘Search’ button.
5. Read the Unit of Competency information.