How to become a Baker
Also called: Assistant baker, Bread baker, Dough maker (bread), Dough mixer (bread), Head baker, Ovenman (bread), Assistant baker, Dough maker (bread)
Baker produces finished baked goods, such as bread, cake, and biscuits. He/she also weighs out ingredients and ensures all baking equipment and baking area are clean prior to and post production of any baked items.
Main tasks
- Making bread, cakes, biscuits, pastries, pies and other flour products
- Combining measured ingredients in bowls of mixing, blending, or cooking machinery
- Checking the quality of raw materials to ensure that standards and specifications are met
- Applying glazes, icings, or other toppings to baked goods, using spatulas or brushes
- Checking the cleanliness of equipment and operation of premises before production runs to ensure compliance with occupational health and safety regulations
- Monitoring oven temperatures and product appearance to determine baking times
- Coordinating the forming, loading, baking, unloading, de-panning and cooling of batches of bread, rolls, pastry and confectionery products
Ways in
- Polytechnic or ITE: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec). Related ITE courses: Higher Nitec in Pastry & Baking. Peernovo matched these from course names; ITE does not publish which jobs each course leads to.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $26,520 a year. The middle half earn $18,000 to $36,996 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Pastry/Confectionery maker
- Butcher/Fishmonger and related food preparer
- Food and beverage taster/grader
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Baker?
Ways in include: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec).
How much does a Baker earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $26,520 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $18,000 to $36,996.
Will AI change the work of a Baker?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026