Hand Packer

Job Description

A "bakery handpack" job description typically involves manually packaging freshly baked goods like bread, pastries, and cakes by hand, ensuring proper presentation, labeling, and adherence to food safety standards, often in a retail bakery setting, while maintaining cleanliness and quality control throughout the packing process.

Key responsibilities may include:

Packaging: Carefully wrapping, boxing, or bagging bakery items based on product type and customer orders, ensuring correct quantities and presentation.

Labeling: Accurately labeling packages with product information like name, ingredients, weight, and expiry dates.

Quality control: Inspecting baked goods for appearance, freshness, and quality before packaging, removing any defective items.

Inventory management: Monitoring stock levels of packaging materials and reporting shortages.

Food safety: Following proper hygiene practices, including hand washing, wearing gloves, and maintaining a clean work area.

Rotation: Rotating products to ensure first-in-first-out (FIFO) stock rotation.

Customer service: Interacting with customers at the bakery counter, assisting with selections, and providing information about products.

Required skills:

Attention to detail: Accurately following packaging instructions and maintaining consistent quality

Manual dexterity: Efficiently handling delicate bakery items while packaging

Basic math skills: Calculating quantities and weights for packaging

Teamwork: Collaborating with other bakery staff to meet production goals

Food safety knowledge: Understanding and adhering to food safety regulations

Work environment:

Primarily in a bakery environment with exposure to flour, sugar, and other baking ingredients

May involve standing for extended periods and repetitive hand movements

Could be fast-paced, especially during peak hours

Full-time