L2 Plant Baker Apprenticeship
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Company: GEARY'S BAKERIES LIMITED
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Location: Leicestershire, LE12 8LD
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £24,000.00 per year
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Sector: Catering and hospitality
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Ref: NAS-2000022965
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Application Deadline Date: 20/04/2026
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Start Date: 10/08/2026
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Positions Available: 18
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Working Week: Hours of work: Various shifts 3 x 12 hour shifts - 36 hours per week, plus 1 day release at college.
Brief Description
At Geary’s, our Bakery Apprentices are the heart of what we do. Join our growing team to learn all aspects of baking, from dough mixing to packaging. Work alongside passionate experts, build valuable skills, and start your career in a business dedicated to quality and craft.
Training to be Provided
- Full training and mentorship from an outstanding, highly skilled team in an incredible environment across Geary’s bakery sites.
- Day release at Moulton college for your specialist training where you will learn the skills and knowledge to complete a level 2 plant baker qualification. Transport will be provided from your work site.
Future Prospects
Lead Baker
Vacancy Detail
Your main responsibilities would include:
- Mixing various doughs to specification, learning to see and feel what good looks like.
- Learning correct dough handling and moulding techniques.
- Checking product proof times and heights to deliver the same quality, every time.
- Setting oven temperatures according to product specification, and load/unload ovens.
- Checking products for quality and identify where a product is out of specification.
- Observing colour of products being baked and adjust oven temperatures/times accordingly.
- Checking equipment to ensure that it meets health and safety regulations, and perform maintenance or cleaning, as necessary.
- Measuring or weigh flour or other ingredients to prepare doughs and toppings using scales and measuring equipment.
- Checking the quality of raw materials to ensure that standards and specifications are met.
- Setting machinery to apply pre-bake toppings to dough, within specification.
- Applying pre-bake toppings by hand.
- Preparing the dough raw materials, ready for mixing.
- Preparing and maintaining production records.
- Operating slicing or wrapping machines