Baker

Note: This trade is transitioning to a Pan-Canadian Harmonized program, so it is important that Apprentices understand how that impacts their program path. Details on the transition can be found via SkilledTradesBC, or contact your trainer for the most current updates.

Bakers prepare doughs, batters and other ingredients and then produce items such as bread, buns, cakes, pies, cookies and other baked goods. Bakers may run baking machinery such as high-volume mixing machines, ovens and equipment to produce large quantities of goods, ensuring that product quality meets established standards. Bakers may create production schedules to decide the type and quantity of goods to purchase, and may supervise sales of baked goods. They may also hire, train and supervise baking and kitchen staff. Bakers are employed in a variety of food establishments but the vast majority of work takes place in retail settings such as supermarkets, specialty bakeries, restaurants and hotels.

Baker is a nationally designated trade under the Interprovincial Standards Red Seal program.