Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a pastry maker can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a pastry maker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Pastry makers prepare and bake cakes, cookies, croissants, pies and alike products according to recipes.

Also known as pastry production operator, pastry production worker, pastry cook.

Craft and related trades workers 64 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: baker, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
baker 76% covered baking operator 72% covered pasta operator 67% covered confectioner 58% covered extract mixer tester 53% covered pastry maker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from pastry maker, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a pastry maker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A pastry maker needs 29 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • mould doughs handling and moving
  • bake confections handling and moving
  • monitor flour unloading equipment handling and moving
  • bake goods handling and moving
  • monitor operations of cleaning machines information skills
  • crafting arts and humanities
  • ensure correct use of bakery equipment assisting and caring
  • make artistic food creations assisting and caring
  • manufacturing of confectionery handling and moving
  • monitor temperature in farinaceous processes working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a pastry maker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Pastry maker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a pastry maker’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.