A bread baker works in a restaurant or bakery, baking the bread needed for the day or week. You may also produce bread for sale in retail markets. As a bread baker, your job duties are to prepare supplies, measure ingredients, properly bake the food, and arrange or package the finished product.

Bakers produce breads, pastries, and other baked goods sold by grocers, wholesalers, restaurants, and institutional food services. Standard procedure for each batch includes checking the condition of ingredients, following instructions for recipes, and examining the quality of the final product.

- Plan a bread schedule for all bread products, keeping in mind dough sizes, availability of

staff and table space, and other constraints.

- Mix doughs according to schedule

- Fold doughs according to schedule.

- Shape doughs according to schedule.

- Direct other baking staff to assist in shaping as needed.

- Bake off bread products as required throughout the shift.

- Communicate with packing staff to denote which customers bread is intended for.

- Mix sourdough starters at the end of each shift.

- Restock ingredients and mill flour throughout the day

- Delegate any remaining bread tasks at end of shift to other baking/customer service staff

when necessary