Apprenticeship training is an agreement between a person wishing to learn a skill and an employer who can provide the environment for skills training. Administered by the Apprenticeship Client Services Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities (MCU), an apprenticeship is the best way to continue your journey on a promising career path. Upon completion, apprentices return to industry more confident and with an updated skill set that prepares them for greater job opportunities.

If you already have practical experience as a baker or patissier, you can:

• Build upon your work experience.
• Experience hands-on training.
• Learn the related theory in an innovative program that fits your work schedule.
• Get the qualifications you need without taking a long-term absence from your job.

Baker/patissier apprentices learn a skilled occupation by combining in-school courses with paid on-the-job training.

There are three levels of in-school training (H600, H606 and H604) in our Baker/Patissier Apprenticeship program:

• Level I: Learn fundamental baking theories and techniques, as well as essential industry employability skills such as communications and mathematics. The hands-on courses include Fermentation, Cookies, Pastry and Ingredients.
• Level II: Build your advanced baking skills, as well as developing bakery management practices. The hands-on courses include Decoration, Cakes and Desserts.
• Level III: Complete your in-school studies with hands-on practical courses to hone your skills as you work toward your goal of becoming a patissier. Reinforcing the skills learned in levels I and II, you will also experience Specialty Cakes, Petits Fours, Almond Paste, Gum Paste, Sugar Work and Chocolate.

You can earn your official Red Seal certification as a Baker/Patissier from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities (MCU) by completing on-the-job and classroom training under the sponsorship of a registered employer.