Making bakery products in a craft, plant or retail bakery.
This standard has options. Display duties and KSBs for:
This occupation is found in manufacturing and retail sectors. Employers range in size from small to large.
Bakers may work in a craft bakery, plant bakery or retail outlet. A craft baker works in a production unit producing hand crafted bakery products. They supply their own retail outlets or sell direct to third party wholesale customers. A plant baker produces bakery products using large scale production methods, to supply food and retail outlets. They work in a large-scale production facility, with a high level of automation in a continuous process. A retail baker is involved in both production and shop floor activities. They produce, bake off and display products for direct sale to customers.
This is a core and option apprenticeship standard. Apprentices must be trained and assessed against the core and one option. The options are:
The broad purpose of the occupation is to produce or bake-off food safe bakery products and package and label them to specification. Bakery products may be bread, pastries or confectionery. Bread includes buns/rolls, enriched doughs and loaves. Pastries include croissants, danish pastries, puff pastries and tarts. Whilst confectionery includes cakes, cupcakes, muffins and swiss rolls. Depending on the type of bakery, bakers may produce one product or a range of bakery products. They use a range of tools and equipment, which they clean and check. It is important that they complete bakery documentation/records, for example compliance checks. They also contribute to material and stock control, maintaining the production environment, and product and process improvement.
Producing a wide range of varied products is a bigger part of the craft baker role. This requires scaling up/down of recipes and enhanced finishing of products. Working at scale requires plant bakers to operate handovers and conduct production quality assurance/checks. Whilst the retail bakers’ role, includes serving customers and display and replenishment of products.
Bakers may be required to work shifts and unsociable hours. It is often a physically demanding environment.
In their daily work, an employee in this occupation may interact with other bakers and people from other teams and functions. This will depend on the type, size and structure of the bakery. Other teams and functions may include hygiene, maintenance, quality, warehousing, distribution and other retail sections. Typically, they report to a manager. They may also have contact with external personnel such as suppliers, auditors and regulators. In a retail environment, customer contact is a key part of the role.
An employee in this occupation is responsible for working by themselves or as part of a team under supervision. They must produce safe bakery products to specification. Deadlines, productivity, efficiency, hygiene and environmental requirements must be met. They must ensure the health and safety of self and others. This includes the safe operation and cleaning of tools and equipment. Retail bakers must also meet service expectations and present a professional image of themselves and the company to customers.
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Duty 1 Prepare bakery products for customer/consumers, including packaging and labelling of bakery products. |
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Duty 2 Contribute to material/stock control for bakery production for example, bakery ingredients, packaging, labels. |
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Duty 3 Contribute to maintaining a clean and effective bakery production environment. |
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Duty 4 Complete bakery documentation and records - paper-based or electronic. For example, legal and process compliance checks, hygiene records, weights and production reporting. |
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Duty 5 Contribute to resolving issues with and making improvements to bakery products/production. |
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Duty 6 Produce craft bread products to specification. |
K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 K8 K10 K11 K12 K13 K14 K16 K17 K19 K21 K22 |
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Duty 7 Produce craft pastries and confectionery to specification. |
K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 K10 K11 K12 K13 K14 K16 K17 K19 K20 K21 K22 K23 |
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Duty 8 Amend recipes to meet craft bakery production requirements. |
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Duty 9 Finish craft bakery products. |
K6 K7 K10 K11 K12 K13 K14 K16 K17 K19 K20 |
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Duty 10 Produce bread products to specification using large scale production methods. |
K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 K8 K10 K11 K12 K13 K14 K16 K17 K19 K24 K25 K27 |
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Duty 11 Produce pastries and confectionery to specification, using large scale production methods. |
K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 K10 K11 K12 K13 K14 K16 K17 K19 K24 K25 K27 |
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Duty 12 Operate production bakery product changeovers. |
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Duty 13 Conduct production quality assurance/checks. |
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Duty 14 Produce/bake off bread products to specification, using ingredients or a mix. |
K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 K8 K10 K11 K12 K13 K14 K16 K17 K19 |
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Duty 15 Produce/bake off pastries and confectionery, using ingredients or a mix. |
K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 K10 K11 K12 K13 K14 K16 K17 K19 |
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Duty 16 Contribute to merchandising of bakery products in store. |
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Duty 17 Provide customer service relating to bakery products in store. |
K1: The bakery sector: size and structure, types of customers, seasonal impact on bakery product demand. How and why production methods have evolved, current and emerging bakery technology and digitalisation: equipment and processes, reference sources and management information systems.
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K2: Consumer requirements and current trends; impact on the bakery industry.
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K3: Baking theory: mixing, proving, retarding, resting, baking, cooling; their function and how they affect product quality.
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K4: Basic recipe formulation.
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K5: Bakery methods and processes: weighing, mixing, dividing, proving, shaping, scaling, blocking/forming, baking, fry-off, pre-bake, cooling and finishing; requirements and purpose.
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K6: Bakery equipment: different types of mixers, processing equipment, ovens, hotplates, knifes, packaging, labelling; their application, cleaning and operational checks requirements.
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K7: Main bakery ingredients: flour, yeast, salt, sugar, fats, improvers, water, eggs; their origins, properties, nutritional value, purposes and uses, grades and quality, how they interact, storage, handling and transport.
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K8: Principles of making dough: changes in physical properties during processing, types of dough for different products; bulk fermentation and no time doughs (Chorleywood bread process).
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K9: Finished baked products requirements: packaging, labelling, storage, handling and transportation.
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K10: Maximising product yield efficiency and waste minimisation.
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K11: Bakery legislation, regulations and requirements: Food Safety, Allergen control, Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP), labelling, acrylamide, bakery-related asthmagens (powders), flour dust.
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K12: Health and Safety at Work Act 1974; Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, Risk assessments and method statements, manual handling, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and standard operating procedures.
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K13: Environmental: Environmental protection Act 1990, sustainable and responsible use of resources and recycling.
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K14: Hygiene procedures: personal hygiene standards and bakery hygiene.
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K15: Common baking faults and issues; problem solving.
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K16: Quality assurance and monitoring of processes.
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K17: Verbal and non-verbal communication techniques.
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K18: Documentation requirements; compliance records.
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K19: Equality and diversity in the workplace.
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K20: Craft baker. Different types of pastry: sweet, savoury.
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K21: Craft baker. Raising agents used in confectionery: baking power, bicarbonate of soda, egg, egg white.
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K22: Craft baker. Aeration techniques – mechanical, natural and chemical.
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K23: Craft baker. Principles of lamination.
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K24: Plant baker. Large scale production principles. Uniformity and consistency to drive consumer satisfaction.
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K25: Plant baker. Automated and mechanical processing methods.
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K26: Plant baker. Audit requirements.
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K27: Plant baker. Ingredient management and batch processing in large scale production.
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K28: Retail baker. Display requirements: plans, hot spots, relationship between sales and space, stock levels, height, rotation, replenishment.
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K29: Retail baker. Customer service techniques; complaints process.
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K30: Retail baker. Selling techniques: matching products to customers’ needs, up-selling.
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K31: Retail baker. Product knowledge: suitability, complementary items.
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S1: Read and interpret information for example, specification, recipe and production plan.
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S2: Plan bakery tasks.
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S3: Prepare for bakery tasks. Obtain materials.
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S4: Prepare ingredients.
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S5: Weigh or check weight of ingredients/products.
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S6: Mix ingredients.
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S7: Deposit, scale or cut/divide mixture.
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S8: Mould products.
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S9: Monitor prove.
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S10: Pre-bake and/or post-bake dressing of product.
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S11: Select, prepare/set-up and use equipment and machinery.
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S12: Operate ovens.
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S13: Clean and check tools and equipment.
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S14: Monitor materials/stock levels and controls for example, first in first out, temperature and environment.
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S15: Receive and store materials/stock from external suppliers and/or internal stores.
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S16: Store finished goods.
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S17: Package and label bakery products for example, allergens.
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S18: Comply with health & safety, food safety, environmental procedures, PPE, hygiene and method statements.
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S19: Clean and tidy work area. Dispose of waste and recycle.
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S20: Communicate verbally for example, with colleagues, suppliers and customers.
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S21: Record information - paper based or electronic.
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S22: Identify bakery product problems/faults and underlying causes.
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S23: Craft baker. Scale up/down a recipe using percentages.
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S24: Craft baker. Prepare and apply fillings/coatings.
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S25: Plant baker. Follow product changeover procedures.
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S26: Plant baker. Check product specifications throughout the key process steps; identify and rectify or report production issues.
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S27: Retail baker. Serve customers for example, determine customer’s needs, provide information, offer options and match bakery products to customers’ needs. Sell to customers for example, promote complementary items, promotional offers or seasonal products.
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S28: Retail baker. Display and replenish bakery products.
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B1: Prioritises health and safety and food safety.
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B2: Takes ownership of work. For example, completes allocated tasks, seeks help if required.
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B3: Consumer/customer focus. For example, strives to meet their needs.
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B4: Adaptable. For example, responds positively to changing demands or new technology.
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B5: Team worker. For example, polite, keeps others informed, helps colleagues, takes account of equality and diversity.
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B6: Seeks learning and development opportunities.
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| Version | Change detail | Earliest start date | Latest start date |
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| 1.1 | Funding band, standard and End-point assessment plan revised. The funding band was revised but remained. | 22/12/2020 | Not set |
| 1.0 | Retired | 09/06/2017 | 21/12/2020 |
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