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What this job is
A pastrycook's assistant supports pastrycooks in commercial kitchens, bakeries, and patisseries by preparing ingredients, assembling pastry products, and maintaining food safety and hygiene standards. The role involves measuring and mixing components, shaping dough, filling and decorating pastries, and cleaning equipment under supervision. Work takes place in fast-paced production environments where precision and consistency are essential to meet daily output targets.
Pay
A$1,380 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
- Active Listeningcore
- Adaptability and Flexibilitycore
- Attention to Detailcore
- Basic Arithmetic and Numerical Accuracycore
- Clean kitchen equipmentcore
- Comply with food safety and hygienecore
- Comply with standard portion sizescore
- Ensure cleanliness of food preparation areacore
- Follow procedures to control substances hazardous to healthcore
- Handover the food preparation areacore
- Maintain kitchen equipment at correct temperaturecore
- Multitaskingcore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Quality Assurance and Checkingcore
- Team Collaborationcore
- Time Managementcore
- Use food cutting toolscore
- Use food preparation techniquescore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Work in a hospitality teamcore
- Workload Self-Managementcore
- Carry out stock rotation
- Check deliveries on receipt
- Clean surfaces
- Continuous Learning and Upskilling
- Handle chemical cleaning agents
- Incident Reporting
- Inventory Tracking
- Maintain a safe, hygienic and secure working environment
- Process Improvement Identification
- Report on possible equipment hazards
- Risk Identification
- Stock Counting and Stocktake