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Overview
Confectioners make cakes, candies and other confectionery products for industrial production, bakeries, patisseries or direct selling to customers.
In job descriptions, look for recipes, chocolate or sugar work, baking, decoration, food hygiene, ingredient preparation, production batches, display counters and customer orders.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Confectioner work is practical production of cakes, sweets and confectionery. Depending on workplace, the day may involve mixing, baking, boiling sugar, tempering chocolate, decorating products, packing batches and preparing items for a counter or customer order.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include recipe accuracy, ingredient handling, food hygiene, timing, decoration and consistent batch quality. Some confectioners specialise in chocolate, sugar pieces, cakes, industrial lines, seasonal products or direct customer orders.
Salary context
Salary context depends on workplace type, production volume, working hours, craft skill and responsibility for ordering, displays or junior staff. Industrial confectionery, artisan patisserie and retail bakery roles can have different expectations.
Career paths
Career paths may lead toward senior confectioner, pastry production lead, bakery supervisor, product development, chocolate specialisation or running a small shop. Building a portfolio of reliable products often matters for progression.
Good to know
Job adverts can mix confectioner, baker, pastry cook and cake maker wording. Check whether the work is mostly industrial production, early-morning bakery work, decorated cakes, counter service or custom orders for events.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for the occupation. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data for this exact role.
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Occupation group
Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers (7512)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e00c46c4-bd3c-4d88-8d30-fc6f951554bd |
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| ESCO code | 7512.3 |
| ISCO group | 7512 |
| Concept type | Occupation |