Bloomington Service Maintenance
Job Specs

JOB TITLE AND LEVEL: Cake Decorator / SM33

JOB CODE: 004821

DATE: June 2012

JOB PURPOSE

Designs, bakes, prepares icing and decorates specialty cakes, cupcakes and wedding cakes.

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Meets with clients and bakery staff to discuss various customer requests, designs, cake concepts or themes for customer events.

Follows directions and recipes for baking, cooling, turning out, leveling, assembling, and decorating cakes and cupcakes.

Maintains clean work space.

Conducts preparation work for next business day.

May also bake cookies, quick bread, breakfast breads or other pastries upon request.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Must have a keen eye for detail, a creative mind, and ability to distinguish between colors.

Strong organizational and time management skills.

Knowledge of basic kitchen sanitation methods and food safety practices.

Ability to interpret and follow oral and written instructions.

Ability to direct the work of others.

Ability to interact with clients and provide acceptable levels of service.

Ability to read and interpret recipes and calculate necessary quantities of ingredients.

Ability to learn to operate kitchen equipment such as large bakery mixer, table top mixer, convection oven, bakery scale, induction range, immersion blender, bar blender, butane torch steam jacketed kettle.

Ability to coordinate both preparation and timing for menu food items.

Ability to perform work requiring considerable standing and light-medium physical effort under hot working conditions.

Ability to maintain acceptable standards of personal hygiene.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education: High school diploma or GED.

Experience: One year bakery production and cake decorating experience.

Certifications/Licenses:

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Sitting, standing, walking, squatting/kneeling, climbing, balancing, reaching, grasping, pushing/pulling, twisting/bending, lifting/carrying up to 50 lbs multiple times per shift, fingering, talking, hearing, and seeing.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Spends most time indoors with possible exposure to extreme hot when working with cooking equipment. Possible exposure to distraction/uncomfortable noise levels. Risk of bodily injury from mechanical parts, electricity, etc. Possible exposure to fumes, odors, etc. that may affect respiration and skin.

The intent of this job specification is to provide a representative summary of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position.  Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this specification.