Bakers
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Job description
These individuals make breads, muffins, pies, pastries, cakes, and cookies. This group includes supervisors. These people work in:
- Bakeries
- Catering services
- Supermarkets
- Hotels
- Restaurants
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Odours
- Nontoxic dust
- Fire, steam, hot surfaces
Main tasks
- Prepare dough and glazes according to recipes or special customer orders.
- Bake the prepared products.
- Ice and decorate baked goods.
- Ensure that products meet current quality standards.
- Set the production schedule and determine the assortment and quantity of goods to produce.
- Purchase bakery and pastry supplies.
- Ensure the sale and marketing of products, as required.
- Hire, train, and supervise staff as required.
Advancement and mobility
- Qualified bakers obtain a Red Seal endorsement upon successful completion of the Interprovincial Examination.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $16.10
- Median
- $18.00
- Maximum
- $24.12
Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 58.2% Female
- 41.8% Male
- 58.2% Female
- 41.8% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 44, 4543% of jobs
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NAICS 311, 31236% of jobs
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NAICS 7216% of jobs
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NAICS 412% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6231% of jobs
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Others2% of jobs
All of Québec
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NAICS 44, 4543% of jobs
-
NAICS 311, 31236% of jobs
-
NAICS 7216% of jobs
-
NAICS 412% of jobs
-
NAICS 621, 622, 6231% of jobs
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Others2% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
Secondary
DVS in boulangerie
Placement rate: 61.3%
29.2% of graduates pursue further studies
DVS in cuisine
Placement rate: 74.4%
19.9% of graduates pursue further studies
DVS in pastry Making
Placement rate: 75.3%
17.4% of graduates pursue further studies
DVS in pâtisserie
Placement rate: 67.3%
20.8% of graduates pursue further studies
AVS in pâtisserie de restauration contemporaine
Placement rate: 82.9%
3.7% of graduates pursue further studies
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Result evaluation
- Active learning
- Coordination
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Time management
- Judgment and decision-making
- Critical thought
Abilities
- Near vision
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Colour perception and distinction
- Speech recognition
- Awareness of issues
- Selective attention
- Speech clarity
- Classification
- Written comprehension
- Digital dexterity
- Manual dexterity
- Information organization
- Control accuracy
- Deductive reasoning
- Perception speed
- Hand-arm stability
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to adapt
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Rigour
- Vitality
- Creativity
- Timeliness
Interests
- Work in sales or client service
- Work in hotels, restaurants, and tourism
- Self-employment
- Work manually
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Artistic
- People with this profile prefer to express their emotions and thoughts through various art forms. They like to use their imagination.
Official name of the NOC 63202
Bakers
Job titles
- Pastry Chef
- Bakers
- Baker
- Chocolate maker
- Baker apprentice
- Apprentice baker - retail
- Biscuit baker
- Head baker - retail
- Junior baker
- Baker - retail
- Grocery store baker
- Hospital baker
- Hotel baker
- Specialty foods baker
- Specialty foods baker - retail
- Head baker
- Bagel baker
- Donut baker
- Cake baker - retail
- Muffin baker
- French pastry baker - retail
- Bread baker - retail
- Bakery supervisor
- Bakery supervisor - retail
- Bagel maker
- Donut maker
- Muffin maker
- Cake decorator
- Cake decorator - retail
- Wedding cake decorator
- Cake and pastry decorator - retail
- Pastry decorator
- Pastry decorator - retail
- Bakery bench hand
- Hand icer - bakery
- Cake icer
Skill type
Sales and service
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Last update: January 29, 2026