pastry maker
Code 7512.5
The pastry cook (pastelera) makes fine pastry: doughs, creams, decoration and waste control. Use this Job Dictionary profile to separate pastry from baking. It includes the dictionary skills map to build the ad and the assessment.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- crafting
Skills and competences
- administer ingredients in food production
- store raw food materials
- knead food products
- apply HACCP
- apply flame handling regulations
- apply GMP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- monitor temperature in farinaceous processes
- monitor machine operations
- make artistic food creations
- care for food aesthetic
- bake confections
- manufacturing of confectionery
- ensure correct use of bakery equipment
- bake goods
- clean food and beverage machinery
- operate weighing machine
- maintain cutting equipment
- operate mixing of food products
- mould doughs
- set up machine controls
- work according to recipe
- select adequate ingredients
- monitor flour unloading equipment
- monitor operations of cleaning machines
- check quality of products on the production line
Transversal competences
- measure precise food processing operations
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What to assess for this role
Assess precision, recipe cards and event punctuality.
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Common questions about this role when you are hiring or writing the job profile.
- What does a pastry cook do?
- Prepares pastry pieces for production or the dessert menu.
- Same as pastry chef?
- The chef leads; the pastry cook executes. In small venues they combine.
- What to assess when hiring?
- A demo piece and sweet-station hygiene.
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences