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This course teaches you how to make bread, pastries, cakes, desserts and sweets. You will learn to produce bakery, pastry and confectionery products, and to put them together and present them using decorative techniques, both classic and innovative. When you finish, you will be a qualified technician in bakery, pastry and confectionery.

During the course you will work with doughs, creams and chocolate, and learn to design desserts, nougat, ice creams and chocolate figures. You will also study food hygiene and safety, quality control, and how to pack, label and package what you make. You could work as a baker, pastry chef, confectioner, cake decorator or dessert maker in restaurants, in artisan or semi-industrial workshops, and in food shops that make their own products.

It asks for patience, precision and a willingness to get up early. It suits anyone who enjoys working with their hands and being creative, and the placements in companies in the sector let you learn in a real workshop.

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Intermediate Vocational Training

Bakery, Pastry and Confectionery

If you love creating with your hands and have a soft spot for freshly baked bread, elaborate cakes or handmade sweets, this vocational programme opens the door to a traditional craft with a very solid future. You will learn to master real bakery and pastry workshop techniques from day one. Make bread, pastries, doughs and pizza bases Prepare cakes, tarts and plated restaurant desserts Confectionery techniques: sweets, chocolates, nougat and special treats Creative product decoration and presentation Proper packaging, labelling and storage Operation and maintenance of professional machinery and equipment You can work as a baker, pastry chef, dessert chef, confectioner or chocolatier in artisan bakeries and workshops, pastry shops, hotels or food manufacturing companies.

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Food Industries

The Food Industries vocational field opens the door to an essential sector: everything we eat passes through expert hands before reaching our table. From artisan bakeries to large production plants, this field combines tradition, science, and creativity. Making bread, pastries, and confectionery using artisanal and industrial techniques Producing wine, olive oil, and other food and agricultural products Quality and hygiene control in food manufacturing processes Managing machinery, product preservation, and packaging Health regulations and food traceability With these studies, you can work in bakeries, wineries, olive mills, meat processing industries, or quality laboratories, in a sector with high demand and excellent opportunities for entrepreneurship.

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Intermediate Vocational Training

The Intermediate Vocational Training Programme (CFGM) is the first level of regulated vocational education in Spain. Over two years, you gain solid, practical technical training that prepares you to enter the workforce with confidence or continue progressing to an Advanced Vocational Training Programme. Specialist technical training tailored to real sectors with strong demand for workers Work placements through the FCT module to gain real professional experience Development of practical skills, problem-solving and teamwork Entry with a Compulsory Secondary Education qualification or through a specific entrance exam An official qualification recognised throughout Spain With your Technician qualification in hand, you can work directly in your sector or move on to an Advanced Vocational Training Programme to expand your qualifications.

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