Bakery Assistant Courses
A Bakery Assistant prepares ingredients, helps bake items, cleans, and manages multiple tasks, often in busy settings with irregular hours.
AI Exposure
Low
Core skills such as social intelligence and complex physical tasks remain beyond the capabilities of current AI.
AI exposure data adapted from Felten, Raj & Seamans (2021). Shortage data sourced from Jobs and Skills Australia (2024).
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How do I become a Bakery Assistant
Get qualified to work as a Bakery Assistant with a course recognised across Australia. Speak to a training provider to learn more.
FBPSS00002
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The FBPSS00002 Bread Baking for Pastry Cooks Skill Set provides basic skills and knowledge for starting a career in the bread baking industry. It covers the preparation of sweet yeast products like croissants and brioche, savoury breads, and artisan bread products including sourdough. This skill set equips pastry cooks with the necessary expertise to bake a variety of bread products.
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FBPSS00003
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The FBPSS00003 Cake and Pastry Baking for Bread Bakers Skill Set provides the basic skills and knowledge to start a career in the baking industry. It covers the preparation of sponge cakes, birthday cakes, wedding cakes, puddings, biscuits, macarons, pies, sweet tarts, eclairs, croissants, Danish pastries, and brioche. This skill set equips bread bakers with the expertise needed to bake various cake and pastry products.
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FBP30521
Duration
12 months - 4 years
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Become a qualified baker with the FBP30521 Certificate III in Baking. This nationally recognised training course teaches you how to bake different types of bread, cakes, pastries, biscuits, and artisan products — at a commercial bakery. The course takes a year to complete, and you’ll graduate with the skills and confidence to operate a range of industrial mixers, ovens, and food preparation equipment.
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Duration
12 months - 4 years
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FBP20221
Duration
12 weeks - 24 months
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Blended, On Campus, Traineeship
Fancy a career as a pastry chef? The FBP20221 Certificate II in Baking prepares you for work in a contemporary bakery, or a trade apprenticeship in bread and pastry making. In this nationally recognised course you’ll learn how to make fresh bread and pastries as well as biscuits, cookies, and sweet yeast products. At the same time you’ll be introduced to the essentials of retail trading, food preparation equipment, and maintaining ingredient stores.
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Duration
12 weeks - 24 months
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Blended, On Campus, Traineeship
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How much does a Bakery Assistant earn?
In Australia, a full time Bakery Assistant generally earns $1,100 per week ($57,200 annual salary) before tax. This is a median figure for full-time employees and should be considered a guide only. As you gain more experience you can expect a potentially higher salary than people who are new to the industry.
What are the job opportunities for a Bakery Assistant?
This industry is expected to see a moderate increase in employment numbers in coming years. There are currently 3,100 people working in this area in Australia and many of them specialise as a Bakery Assistant. Bakery Assistants may find work across all regions of Australia.
Source: Australian Government Labour Market Insights
How do I become a Bakery Assistant?
If you’d like to work as a Bakery Assistant, consider enrolling in a Certificate III in Patisserie. This course will give you the skills to work in a contemporary kitchen using standard food preparation equipment. You’ll learn to make cakes, pastries, gateaux, desserts, biscuits, cookies, sweet yeasts and artisan breads. A Certificate III in Commercial Cookery may also be suitable.
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A Bakery Assistant performs a range of tasks in the kitchen of a bakery or bakery department. You might ensure ingredients and equipment are ready and help prepare bread, pastry and dessert items. Bakery Assistants clean kitchen areas and wash and store bakery equipment and utensils. You might be employed in a specialist bakery, a café or a restaurant.
Bakery Assistants must be flexible and able to follow a range of instructions. It’s important that you can work quickly and prioritise your tasks during busy periods. Bakery Assistants must be able to work as part of a team and be able to handle several tasks at one time. You may have to work irregular hours including early starts in this position.
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