From confectioner to pastry maker
13 of the 29 essential skills of a pastry maker are already essential for a confectioner — about 45% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 13
- skills carry over
- 16
- would be new
- 45%
- of the target job covered
- 29
- essential skills of a pastry maker
What a pastry maker does
Pastry makers prepare and bake cakes, cookies, croissants, pies and alike products according to recipes.
What carries over
13 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- bake confections
- bake goods
- care for food aesthetic
- ensure correct use of bakery equipment
- knead food products
- manufacturing of confectionery
- monitor temperature in farinaceous processes
- operate mixing of food products
- select adequate ingredients
- work according to recipe
What would be new
16 skillsEssential for a pastry maker and not for a confectioner. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- administer ingredients in food production
- apply flame handling regulations
- check quality of products on the production line
- clean food and beverage machinery
- crafting
- maintain cutting equipment
- make artistic food creations
- measure precise food processing operations
- monitor flour unloading equipment
- monitor machine operations
- monitor operations of cleaning machines
- mould doughs
- operate weighing machine
- set up machine controls
- store raw food materials
- types of whisks
Other moves from confectioner
2 roles- baker15 skills in common
- chocolatier12 skills in common
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How far are you from being a pastry maker?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.