Bakery manufacturing requires shift work and heavy lifting, and this may contribute to the fact that the majority of the people employed in these positions are male. Females in this industry are employed mainly in sales and merchandising and customer services on both a full and part-time basis. The staff turnover in these positions is moderate and possibly influenced by the high level of part-time workers. Employment growth in the industry is expected to remain static over the next three to five years. Increased customer demand has been met by higher efficiency through automation and has not required additional staff.
Staff turnover is low and seems unlikely to change.
However, a lot of companies regularly recruit casual staff to cover peak periods of business during the year. This trend is expected to continue for the next five years. There is no general pattern for the ratio of males and females employed because it varies enormously.