Position Summary

This is skilled work in baking pastries and bread in a dining hall, snack bar, cafeteria, or campus eateries. Work involves responsibility for baking a variety of pastries and bread and for assuring proper quality and quantity. Duties may include supervision and/or instruction of food service workers assigned to assist in baking activities and in cleaning equipment and facilities.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Determines amount of breads, pastries to be baked each day from the number of persons to be fed or from a production order. Assign tasks to helpers. Prepares records of ingredient consumption and pastry output. (30%)
• Weighs and mixes ingredients; prepares dough and bakes rolls, cornbread, doughnuts, muffins, biscuits, pies, cakes and cookies; prepares icings and decorates cakes. Operates baking equipment and machinery such as mixers, moldings, scales and ovens; services equipment and reports repair needs. (30%)
• May requisition supplies. Keeps records of formulas used in baking. May supervise and instruct food service workers in baking and cleaning activities. (30%)
• Performs related work as assigned by management. (10%)