Bakers and Pastrycooks
VET / TAFE Moderate growth · ANZSCO skill level 3 · occupation 3511
Bakers and Pastrycooks prepare and bake bread loaves and rolls, buns, cakes, biscuits and pastry goods.
How do you get there?
Highest qualification held by people in this job: 14.6% university · 48.6% vet / tafe · 32.1% school / entry (ABS Census via JSA).
Usually studied as Food & Hospitality. A selection of providers offering courses in this field (indicative, not ranked):
- University Central Queensland University
- University Charles Darwin University (CDU)
- University Victoria University
- University Torrens University Australia
- University The University of Melbourne (UniMelb)
- TAFE TAFE Queensland
- TAFE Melbourne Polytechnic
- TAFE TAFE SA
- TAFE Bendigo Kangan Institute
- TAFE Victorian Institute of Technology
- TAFE Chisholm Institute
- TAFE Academies Australasia Polytechnic Pty
- TAFE TasTAFE
Course & field-of-education data © Commonwealth of Australia (CRICOS), CC BY 2.5 AU. Matched by field of education — indicative; confirm entry requirements with each provider.
Where these jobs are
NSW 28% · VIC 26.7% · QLD 22.8% · WA 12.1% · SA 5.9% · TAS 2.5% · NT 1.1% · ACT 0.9%
Top industries
Manufacturing · Retail Trade · Accommodation and Food Services.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia — Occupation profiles (Feb 2026) + Employment Projections (May 2025–2035). © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Figures are national estimates.