How to become a pastry or Confectionery maker

Official title: Pastry/Confectionery maker

Also called: Confectionery maker, Flour confectionery mixer, Ovenman (flour confectionery), Paste mixer (pies), Pastry baker, Pastry maker, Pie maker, Assistant Pastry Cook, Pastry Cook, Ÿ Ovenman (flour confectionery), Ÿ Paste mixer (pies), Ÿ Pie maker

Pastry/Confectionery maker makes tarts, cakes and other pastry products. He/she also weighs out ingredients and ensures all confectionery equipment and cooking area are clean prior to and post production of any pastry and confectionery items.

Main tasks

• Making bread, cakes, biscuits, pastries, pies and other flour products
• Making handmade confectionery from mixtures of sugar, chocolate and other ingredients using hand tools and some machines
• 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: $28,956 a year. The middle half earn $18,000 to $38,832 a year.
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Baker
• Butcher/Fishmonger and related food preparer
• Food and beverage taster/grader

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Questions people ask

How do I become a pastry or Confectionery maker?

Ways in include: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec).

How much does a pastry or Confectionery maker earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $28,956 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $18,000 to $38,832.

Will AI change the work of a pastry or Confectionery maker?

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