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Bakers and Pastrycooks

ANZSCO 3511

Employed

34,200

Part-time share

26%

Female share

37%

Median weekly earnings

$1,417

Median age

37 yrs

Employment outlook

Growing

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.

Bakers and Pastrycooks is a job in Australia. The job figures on this page come from Jobs and Skills Australia and the ABS Census, where they are published. The courses listed here lead to this job. Compare the fee, study mode, length, place, and how to get in before you enquire.

Courses linked to this job include Certificate III in Bread Baking, Certificate IV in Baking, Certificate IV in Patisserie, and Certificate III in Baking.

Jobs and Skills Australia rates the job outlook as Growing.

Jobs, part-time share, age, and pay appear on this page only when Jobs and Skills Australia or the ABS has published them for Bakers and Pastrycooks. A blank is a missing figure, not a pay of zero. The courses below are linked to this job. Open one to compare the fee, study mode, length, campus, and how to get in.

There is no single national fee or length for training that leads to Bakers and Pastrycooks. Each provider sets its own price, study mode, and entry rules. Those rules can include past study, an English level, work experience, or an interview. Check the AQF level, and whether you study in Australia or online, before you enquire.

About this career

Bakers and Pastrycooks prepare and bake bread loaves and rolls, buns, cakes, biscuits and pastry goods.

What they typically do

  • 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

States and territories

Share of workers by location

NSW
28%
VIC
26.7%
QLD
22.8%
WA
12.1%
SA
5.9%
TAS
2.5%
NT
1.1%
ACT
0.9%

Qualification pathways

These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Bakers and Pastrycooks.