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Food Batchmakers
Makes breads, pastries and desserts.
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Bakers mix, shape and bake breads, pastries and cakes in bakeries, restaurants, grocery stores and large commercial bakeries. The hours often start very early. Many bakers dream of opening their own shop.
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High school courses that build toward it
- Foods and Culinary · Career and Technical
Builds growing food and raising animals, which this job uses.
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Pre-Algebra · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
- Chemistry · Science
Builds chemistry, which this job uses.
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Food Batchmakers on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.