Baking Factory Worker
What the work is
Operates machines and performs routine tasks to make, process, wrap and package bread, cakes and other baked products.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Operates baking machines to mix and knead dough for bread, cakes and other baked products
- Monitors baking process, and adjusts temperature and timing as necessary
- Loads and removes baking trays and tins from ovens, and allows baked goods to cool
- Operates slicing machines to slice bread and other baked products
- Wraps and packages baked products for storage or sale
- Cleans and maintains baking equipment and work area
- Adheres to health and safety regulations and practices in the baking factory
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a food and drink factory with a bakery line, a dairy room and a packing hall. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A line runs smoothly for a whole shift and the product coming off is exactly right
- The smell of fresh bread or roasting coffee as you start an early morning
- A batch passes quality check first time and you know your care made the difference
Hard days
- An early start in the cold or heat of the production hall
- A machine jams in the middle of a big order and the whole line stops
- Cleaning down a line at the end of a long shift, when you are very tired
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 831131, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.