Bakers and flour confectioners
£25,029
Average salary
42 hours
Average weekly hours
4.82%
Unemployment rate
Definition: Bakers and flour confectioners
*SOC Code (Standard Occupational Classification): 5432
Bakers and flour confectioners prepare and bake dough, pastry and cake mixtures and make and finish flour confectionary products by hand.
Common tasks include:
- weighs ingredients according to recipe
- mixes ingredients using hand or machine to obtain the required consistency
- rolls and cuts pastry, stretches, kneads and moulds dough to form bread, rolls and buns
- fills and glazes pastry, mixes ingredients for cakes
- bakes bread, pastry and cakes
- makes cake decorations, spreads icing, fillings and toppings on products
Qualifications
There are no formal academic entry requirements. Training is typically received on-the-job or by apprenticeship. Apprenticeships and traineeships leading to NVQs/SVQs or equivalent qualifications at Levels 2 and 3 are available.
*Introduced in 1990, SOC is a multi-purpose common classification of occupations in UK. Jobs are defined in terms of skill level and skill content, including qualifications, training and work experience.
Employment status: Bakers and flour confectioners
Regional employment: Bakers and flour confectioners
Future employment: Bakers and flour confectioners
Top 12 industries: Bakers and flour confectioners
Alternative & related job titles: Bakers and flour confectioners
Baker Baker’s assistant Bakery manager Cake decorator Confectioner
Equality focus: Bakers and flour confectioners
Breaking down the official government big data sources by gender, age and region. Hours and pay data based on full time equlivalent roles.
Breakdown by gender
£23,986
Female average annual salary
£25,550
Male average annual salary
39
Female average weekly hours
43
Male average weekly hours
Average pay per hour: Bakers and flour confectioners
Workforce gender: Bakers and flour confectioners
Breakdown by region
£28,157
South East (England) - highest annual average salary
£23,464
North East (England) - lowest annual average salary
45
Wales - Highest average weekly hours
37
Scotland - Lowest average weekly hours
Average pay per week (£): Bakers and flour confectioners
Average weekly hours by UK region/nation: Bakers and flour confectioners
Breakdown by age
20 years
Lowest annual salary (£11,993)
years
Highest annual salary (£0) at this age