Bakery (Professional) - Level 3 Diploma (FDQ)

You will gain the skills and knowledge needed to become a professional baker, working with industry-standard ingredients and learning about the various ways in which bread, cakes, scones, muffins and pastry are made including mechanical dough development, bulk fermentation and many more.

You will get the chance to work with real customers and put your customer service skills to the test in our very own bakery shop and will also learn about the theoretical side of bakery such as HACCP (hazard analysis critical control points) and quality procedures in bakeries.

The vast majority of employers require you to have the technical skills, knowledge and understanding to work in the this sector, but they are also looking for employability skills which will enable you to adapt to the ever changing roles needed to survive in this global economic industry

Throughout all of your units you will develop a range of employability skills which include:

• Team work
• Business awareness
• Self management
• Problem solving
• Critical thinking and analysis
• Communication skills
• English and Maths
• and a positive attitude to work.