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- Bakers make bread, cakes and pastries, using flour and other ingredients.
- They must check that equipment meets health and safety regulations and check the quality of raw materials and weigh ingredients
- They mix dough by hand or machine, then place in tins or trays. These are then loaded into ovens, and bakers keep an eye on the oven temperatures and the appearance of the bread (or the cake or pastry)
- unload ovens when the bread is baked, take bread out of trays and put aside to cool
- glaze or decorate cakes and pastries with icing or cream and operate slicing and wrapping machines
- The increased use of machinery has reduced heavy work for bakers.
- Bakers can be found working in large factories, small Independent bakeries, and chain stores.
- Creativity is required, because bakers create new variations of products and decorate specialty goods like wedding cakes in accordance with a customer's request.