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What this job is
A baker prepares and bakes a variety of bread, pastries, cakes, and other baked goods in a commercial or retail bakery setting. They follow recipes and production schedules, manage fermentation and proving times, operate commercial ovens and mixing equipment, and ensure baked products meet quality and food safety standards. Bakers work in bakeries, supermarkets, cafes, restaurants, and food manufacturing facilities across Australia.
Pay
A$1,417 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Adaptability and Flexibilitycore
- Administer ingredients in food productioncore
- Attention to Detailcore
- Basic Arithmetic and Numerical Accuracycore
- Inventory Trackingcore
- Multitaskingcore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Problem Solvingcore
- Quality Assurance and Checkingcore
- Regulatory and Legislative Awarenesscore
- Team Collaborationcore
- Time Management and Prioritisationcore
- Workload Self-Managementcore
- Act reliably
- Care for food aesthetic
- Continuous Learning and Upskilling
- Customer Needs Assessment
- Incident Reporting
- Process Improvement Identification
- Risk Identification
- Stock Counting and Stocktake
- Supplier Communication
- Verbal Communication