Summary
Would you be interested in joining Birds as a baker? We are looking for someone who is inquisitive, enthusiastic, has a positive outlook, is prepared to work hard and willing to learn!
Wage
£18,449.60 a year
Training course
Baker (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 6.00am to 2.30pm. 30 minutes allocated for lunch.
40 hours a week
Possible start date
Friday 1 August
Duration
1 year 6 months
Positions available
3
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
During your Apprenticeship, you'll dive into the full bakery process, learning skills such as:
* Weighing and preparing ingredients
* Bread mixing, fermentation, and proving
You'll also gain experience operating our ovens, ensuring every batch of bread and rolls meets our high-quality standards.
Our confectionery team will teach you:
* Creaming, piping, and coating
* Chocolate skills, working with our Chocolatiers
And finally, you’ll also learn how to produce our savoury products.
Where you’ll work
Ascot Drive
Derby
DE24 8GN
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
DCG
Your training course
Baker (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
* Select, prepare/set-up and use equipment and machinery.
* Clean and check tools and equipment.
* Monitor materials/stock levels and controls for example, first in first out, temperature and environment.
* Receive and store materials/stock from external suppliers and/or internal stores.
* Store finished goods.
* Package and label bakery products for example, allergens.
* Comply with health & safety, food safety, environmental procedures, PPE, hygiene and method statements.
* Clean and tidy work area. Dispose of waste and recycle.
* Communicate verbally for example, with colleagues, suppliers and customers.
* Record information - paper based or electronic.
* Identify bakery product problems/faults and underlying causes.
* Read and interpret information for example, specification, recipe and production plan.
* Plan bakery tasks.
* Prepare for bakery tasks. Obtain materials.
* Prepare ingredients.
* Weigh or check weight of ingredients/products.
* Mix ingredients.
* Deposit, scale or cut/divide mixture.
* Mould products.
* Monitor prove.
* Pre-bake and/or post-bake dressing of product.
* Operate ovens.
* Craft baker. Scale up/down a recipe using percentages.
* Craft baker. Prepare and apply fillings/coatings.
* Plant baker. Follow product changeover procedures.
* Plant baker. Check product specifications throughout the key process steps; identify and rectify or report production issues.
* Retail baker. Serve customers for example, determine customer’s needs, provide information, offer options and match bakery products to customers’ needs. Sell to customers for example, promote complementary items, promotional offers or seasonal products.
* Retail baker. Display and replenish bakery products.
* Select, prepare/set-up and use equipment and machinery.
* Clean and check tools and equipment.
* Monitor materials/stock levels and controls for example, first in first out, temperature and environment.
* Receive and store materials/stock from external suppliers and/or internal stores.
* Store finished goods.
* Package and label bakery products for example, allergens.
* Comply with health & safety, food safety, environmental procedures, PPE, hygiene and method statements.
* Clean and tidy work area. Dispose of waste and recycle.
* Communicate verbally for example, with colleagues, suppliers and customers.
* Record information - paper based or electronic.
* Identify bakery product problems/faults and underlying causes.
Your training plan
This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.
More training information
* Derby College will be the training provider for this apprenticeship.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* English (grade C/4 or above)
* Maths (grade C/4 or above)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Presentation skills
* Number skills
* Team working
* Initiative
* Non judgemental
* Patience
* Physical fitness
* Problem solving
Other requirements
Once the Apprenticeship is completed, the start time will be 5.00am, and in the future there may be a requirement to work other shifts, such as nights. Candidates must understand that there will be a physical element to the role. If we are interested in taking your application further, you will receive an email from a derby college email address (@derby-college.ac.uk). Please make sure that you check your inbox as well as your spam/junk folders, so you do not miss out on the opportunity to apply.