63202 Bakers

What this occupation covers

Bakers prepare bread, rolls, muffins, pies, pastries, cakes and cookies in retail and wholesale bakeries and dining establishments. They are employed in bakeries, supermarkets, catering companies, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, and other institutions, or they may be self-employed. Bakers who are supervisors are included in this unit group. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 8 main duties for this code.

• Prepare dough for pies, bread, rolls and sweet goods, batters for muffins, cookies and cakes and icings and frostings according to recipes or special customer orders
• Bake mixed doughs and batters
• Frost and decorate cakes or other baked goods
• Ensure quality of products meets established standards
• Draw up production schedule to determine type and quantity of goods to produce
• Purchase baking supplies
• May oversee sales and merchandising of baked goods
• May hire, train and supervise baking personnel and kitchen staff.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 8 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 94140 Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing
• 62200 Chefs

Excluded from this code

• Bakery machine operator - food and beverage processing (See 94140 Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing)
• Pastry chef (See 62200 Chefs)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

apprentice baker - retail · bagel baker · bagel maker · baker · baker - retail · baker apprentice · bakery bench hand · bakery supervisor · bakery supervisor - retail · biscuit baker · bread baker · bread baker - retail · cake and pastry decorator - retail · cake baker - retail · cake decorator · cake decorator - retail · cake icer · chocolate maker · donut baker · donut maker · French pastry baker - retail · grocery store baker · hand icer - bakery · head baker

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Completion of a three- or four-year apprenticeship program for bakers or completion of a college or other program for bakers or several years of commercial baking experience is usually required.
• On-the-job training may be provided.
• Trade certification is available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified bakers upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.