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Mix and bake ingredients according to recipes to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods.

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Degrees

Baking and Pastry Arts + Baker + Pastry Chef

Abilities

Oral Comprehension

The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Oral Expression

The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Arm-Hand Steadiness

The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

Visual Color Discrimination

The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.

Written Comprehension

The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Category Flexibility

The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.

The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

Deductive Reasoning

The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Finger Dexterity

The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

Inductive Reasoning

The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Information Ordering

The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

Problem Sensitivity

The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Manual Dexterity

The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

Perceptual Speed

The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.

Control Precision

The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

Fluency of Ideas

The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

Selective Attention

The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.

Speech Recognition

The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Written Expression

The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

The ability to see details at a distance.

Flexibility of Closure

The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.

Hearing Sensitivity

The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.

The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).

Multilimb Coordination

The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.

Wrist-Finger Speed

The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.

Auditory Attention

The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.

Number Facility

The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.

Static Strength

The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.

Depth Perception

The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.

Mathematical Reasoning

The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.

Speed of Limb Movement

The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.

Extent Flexibility

The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.

The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.

The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.

Speed of Closure

The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.

Gross Body Coordination

The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.

Response Orientation

The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.

The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.

Dynamic Strength

The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.

Gross Body Equilibrium

The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.

The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.

Dynamic Flexibility

The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs.

Sound Localization

The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated.

Interests

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

First Interest High-Point

Primary-Rank Descriptiveness

Knowledge

Production and Processing

Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Food Production

Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Customer and Personal Service

Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Administration and Management

Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Personnel and Human Resources

Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Education and Training

Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

English Language

Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.

Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Public Safety and Security

Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

Sales and Marketing

Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

Law and Government

Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

Computers and Electronics

Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Economics and Accounting

Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.

Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.

Sociology and Anthropology

Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

Foreign Language

Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.

Communications and Media

Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Telecommunications

Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

Therapy and Counseling

Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.

Philosophy and Theology

Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.

Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

Building and Construction

Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.

Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

Medicine and Dentistry

Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

History and Archeology

Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.

Wages

District of Columbia

Guam	$14,630.00

Iowa	$20,310.00

Ohio	$21,070.00

Utah	$22,090.00

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Direct the preparation, seasoning, and cooking of salads, soups, fish, meats, vegetables, desserts, or other foods. May plan and price menu items, order supplies, and keep records and accounts. May participate in cooking.

Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, & Finishers

Shape molten glass according to patterns.

Mail Clerks & Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service

Prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution. Use hand or mail handling machines to time stamp, open, read, sort, and route incoming mail; and address, seal, stamp, fold, stuff, and affix postage to outgoing mail or packages. Duties may also include keeping necessary records and completed forms.

Molding & Casting Workers

Perform a variety of duties such as mixing materials, assembling mold parts, filling molds, and stacking molds to mold and cast a wide range of products.

Packers & Packagers, Hand

Pack or package by hand a wide variety of products and materials.

Plating & Coating Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic

Set up, operate, or tend plating or coating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces. Includes electrolytic processes.

Prepress Technicians & Workers

Set up and prepare material for printing presses.

Skills

Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Teaching others how to do something.

Active Learning

Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Quality Control Analysis

Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Judgment and Decision Making

Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Time Management

Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Systems Evaluation

Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Learning Strategies

Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.

Troubleshooting

Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Equipment Maintenance

Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

Operation and Control

Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Social Perceptiveness

Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Using mathematics to solve problems.

Management of Personnel Resources

Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Reading Comprehension

Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Active Listening

Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Systems Analysis

Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Complex Problem Solving

Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Service Orientation

Actively looking for ways to help people.

Operation Monitoring

Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Equipment Selection

Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.

Operations Analysis

Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.

Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

Management of Material Resources

Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.

Technology Design

Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.

Management of Financial Resources

Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.

Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.

Writing computer programs for various purposes.

Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.

Tasks

Observe color of products being baked, and adjust oven temperatures, humidity, and conveyor speeds accordingly.

Set oven temperatures and place items into hot ovens for baking.

Combine measured ingredients in bowls of mixing, blending, or cooking machinery.

Measure and weigh flour and other ingredients to prepare batters, doughs, fillings, and icings, using scales and graduated containers.

Roll, knead, cut, and shape dough to form sweet rolls, pie crusts, tarts, cookies, and other products.

Place dough in pans, molds, or on sheets, and bake in production ovens or on grills.

Adapt the quantity of ingredients to match the amount of items to be baked.

Check the quality of raw materials to ensure that standards and specifications are met.

Apply glazes, icings, or other toppings to baked goods, using spatulas or brushes.

Check equipment to ensure that it meets health and safety regulations and perform maintenance or cleaning, as necessary.

Decorate baked goods such as cakes and pastries.

Set time and speed controls for mixing machines, blending machines, or steam kettles so that ingredients will be mixed or cooked according to instructions.

Prepare and maintain inventory and production records.

Direct and coordinate bakery deliveries.

Order and receive supplies and equipment.

Operate slicing and wrapping machines.

Develop new recipes for baked goods.

Career Activities

Handling and Moving Objects

bake breads, rolls, or other baked goods

knead, shape, cut, or roll food products by hand

load or unload material or workpiece into machinery

mix paint, ingredients, or chemicals, according to specifications

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

distinguish colors

understand food processing directions

understand government health, hotel or food service regulations

Processing Information

measure or weigh ingredients for food preparation

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

use knowledge of food handling rules

Controlling Machines and Processes

operate baking equipment

operate cooking equipment

operate food decorating equipment

operate food preparation equipment

operate food processing production equipment/machinery

use specialized bakery equipment

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material

perform safety inspections in manufacturing or industrial setting

Thinking Creatively

modify recipes to produce specific food products

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings

monitor production machinery/equipment operation to detect problems

test food to determine that it is cooked

Getting Information

read work order, instructions, formulas, or processing charts

Documenting/Recording Information

maintain production or work records

Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment

adjust production equipment/machinery setup

Career Context

Spend Time Standing

Face-to-Face Discussions

Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings

Contact With Others

Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls

Indoors, Environmentally Controlled

Very Hot or Cold Temperatures

Spend Time Walking and Running

Physical Proximity

Work With Work Group or Team

Frequency of Decision Making

Responsible for Others' Health and Safety

Deal With External Customers

Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets

Importance of Being Exact or Accurate

Responsibility for Outcomes and Results

Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable

Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions

Freedom to Make Decisions

Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results

Importance of Repeating Same Tasks

Letters and Memos

Structured versus Unstructured Work

Exposed to Hazardous Equipment

Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting

Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body

Coordinate or Lead Others

Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled

Exposed to Contaminants

Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People

Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling

Level of Competition

Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment

In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment

Public Speaking

Electronic Mail

Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions

Consequence of Error

In an Open Vehicle or Equipment

Exposed to Hazardous Conditions

Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection

Degree of Automation

Exposed to High Places

Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles

Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance

Frequency of Conflict Situations

Career Styles

Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.

Attention to Detail

Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.

Job requires being honest and ethical.

Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.

Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.

Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.

Achievement/Effort

Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.

Concern for Others

Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.

Stress Tolerance

Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.

Adaptability/Flexibility

Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.

Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.

Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.

Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.

Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.

Analytical Thinking

Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.

Social Orientation

Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.

Career Needs

Workers on this job are never pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.

Company Policies and Practices

Workers on this job are treated fairly by the company.

Workers on this job do their work alone.

Supervision, Technical

Workers on this job have supervisors who train their workers well.

Supervision, Human Relations

Workers on this job have supervisors who back up their workers with management.

Workers on this job are busy all the time.

Workers on this job have steady employment.

Workers on this job have co-workers who are easy to get along with.

Workers on this job get a feeling of accomplishment.

Working Conditions

Workers on this job have good working conditions.

Workers on this job have opportunities for advancement.

Workers on this job plan their work with little supervision.

Workers on this job are paid well in comparison with other workers.

Workers on this job are looked up to by others in their company and their community.

Workers on this job receive recognition for the work they do.

Workers on this job have something different to do every day.

Workers on this job try out their own ideas.

Ability Utilization

Workers on this job make use of their individual abilities.

Workers on this job make decisions on their own.

Workers on this job give directions and instructions to others.

Workers on this job have work where they do things for other people.

Career Values

Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.

Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.