Homebush Cakes require experienced Cake Decorators for our factory in Homebush.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Prepares and bakes buns, cakes, biscuits and pastry goods.
Prepares and bakes bread loaves and rolls.
checking the cleanliness of equipment and operation of premises before production runs to ensure compliance with occupational health and safety regulations
checking the quality of raw materials and weighing ingredients
kneading, maturing, cutting, moulding, mixing and shaping dough and pastry goods
preparing pastry fillings
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 and pastry products
glazing buns and pastries, and decorating cakes with cream and icing
operating machines which roll and mould dough and cut biscuits
emptying, cleaning and greasing baking trays, tins and other cooking equipment
Managing the preparation of all recipes that are required for the Cake Decorators during the production day.
Work instructions must be adhered to following correct mixing time and maximum temperatures.
This is essential in order to prevent quality issues arising from icing blooming.
The production day will begin with preparation of any gluten free (GF) ingredients, this includes GF ganache, icings, glazes, shavings etc




Recording all the correct batch codes onto the recipes and trace sheets, this is critical to product traceability
Managing all work in progress (WIP) which is stored for use on a subsequent production day ensuring all WIP is correctly batched, wrapped, stored and discarded when past its protected use by.
As a semi-autonomous role where the employee shall work independently early in the morning.
The employee will be responsible to follow a schedule of work as directed by the decoration supervisor.
This is to ensure that when the rest of the team begin their shift, the ingredients prepared in the morning match the workflow planned for the day
As the first employee to start within the decoration team, it will be their responsibility to prepare the workstation for the first scheduled jobs.
This will include any equipment, utensils and packaging materials required.
The expectation will be that when the other team members arrive, work can begin at the station immediately
Skills Required:
Excellent attention to detail
Organised and ability to meet production deadlines
Accurate recording of paperwork
Excellent icing mixing capabilities
Cake Decoration skills, Masking, flooding, icing, piping etc.
Key Performance indicators
No downtime due to cake decorating ingredients not prepared to the production schedule
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