What are they? Its pretty self explanatory, but a cake decorator is someone who specializes in baking and decorating cakes. Every cake is based upon the customer’s requirement. They can make cakes for any occasion, including: weddings, holidays, birthdays, holidays, and more.
Environment: Cake decorators usually own their own small shop, or they work in a small shop. They work long hours and weekends to accomplish the customer’s needs, along without sitting down or taking a break for that amount of time. Cake designers usually hire other assistants to have many jobs being completed at the same time. This results in an assembly line to get the cake created and delivered on time.
Education: The highest education needed is a high school diploma. But, decorators with more intricate designs usually have some type of art education background. But, other than that a lot of the skills is learned on the job.
Skills Required:
- math
- attention to detail
- artistic ability
- stamina
- mechanical skills
Tasks:
- baking cakes
- use of various specialized tools (moulds, spatulas, decorating pens, and stencils)
- delivering cakes to costumer’s
- communicating with costumers and workers
Salary: $24170 per year
Credits: https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/cake-designer/
https://snagajob.com/job-descriptions/cake-decorator/
https://study.com/articles/Cake_Decorating_How_to_Be_a_Professional_Cake_Decorator.html
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