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Confectioner
Confectioners mix sweeteners and other ingredients, and
shape and cook confectionery including chocolate, toffee and
other lollies.
Confectioners may perform the following tasks:
- examine production schedules to determine confectionery
types and quantities to be made
- check the cleanliness and operation of equipment before
beginning production
- weigh, measure, mix, dissolve and boil ingredients in
pans
- operate equipment which refines and tempers chocolates
- assist with coating chocolate bars and preparing
chocolate products
- control temperature and pressure in cookers used to make
boiled sweets, starch moulded products, caramels, toffees,
nougat and chocolate centres
- operate equipment to compress sugar mixes into sweets
- check batch consistency using a stainless steel spatula
or measuring equipment such as a refractometer
- sort and inspect finished or partly finished goods.
Confectioners at senior levels provide on-the-job training
to lower-grade employees and coordinate work in a team
environment.
Required Skills - Confectioner
- enjoy practical and manual work
- physically fit
- neat and clean
- enjoy working in a team
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