During this 10-month program, you will learn to prepare breads, rolls, sweet yeast products, pies, puff pastry, cookies, cakes, decorating, icing and finishing, French pastries, muffins, cup cakes, marzipan and chocolate. Safety, sanitation, personal skills, and elementary management procedures are also covered. After completion of this program, you will be qualified to work in a commercial baking establishment. If you wish to further your education and become a Journeyman Baker, you need to go into an Apprenticeship program by registering with the Ministry of Advanced Education, Training and Technology Apprenticeship Branch. You will spend one hour each day in classroom lectures, while the rest of the time is devoted to practical training.
Assignments are light, enabling most students to work part-time in their chosen field.
A free information session is usually held in February. Upon successful completion of the program, many of our graduates have found employment in a commercial bakery, in retail outlets, supermarkets, department stores, hotels, lodges, bakery-related franchises and camps. Admission Requirements Grade 10, or provincial equivalent . 17 years of age. Successful completion of assessment testing.