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Baker

How to become a professional baker

Experts: Svitlana Romas

The smell of cinnabons, morning baguettes, or buns attracts you to the bakery. The bakers cook while we sleep, knead kilograms of dough, look for unique flavor combinations and decorate the cakes with bright colors. In the educational series, learn how to work as a baker, set up equipment, choose products for recipes, and prepare future products. And then — cinnabon!

 

The educational series was created at the initiative of the Ministry of Digital Transformation for the Diia.Education platform with the support of Google.org, the Eastern Europe Foundation, with the assistance of Silpo.

Format:
Education series
EKTS:
0.1
Languages:
Ukrainian, English
Topic:
Re/Upskilling
For:
for IDPs, for new job seekers, for new profession
Skills:

HARD: Food products safety rules, Making of biscuit dough, Making of butter dough, Making of custard dough, Making of puff pastry, Making of shortbread, Making of yeast dough, Monitoring trends in baking, Selection of types of flour, Use of basic rules of baking recipes, Working with baking equipment

SOFT: Attention to details, Creative Thinking, Time management

Profession:
Baker

Program

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Get started

Episode 1. What is the job of a baker?

In this episode, we will talk about baker's job responsibilities and working day. We will also discuss the skills they need and the challenges of this profession.
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Episode 2. What does a baker use?

This course is dedicated to the equipment that a baker works with. We'll look at the main equipment, rules, and safety measures when working with it.
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Episode 3. Chemical safety in the kitchen

In this course, we'll look at infectious and other threats and how bakers can avoid them when working with products. We will also analyze the methods of labeling and rules for working with disinfectants.

Invited experts

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Svitlana Romas

Head of the bakery department at Silpo

Partners

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Silpo