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How to become a Fireworks Maker

Makes and launches the large, beautiful fireworks shown at fireworks festivals and other events.

How to become one

No particular education or qualification is required to start, but most fireworks businesses are small and medium-sized family firms passed down through generations, and many hire through personal connections. Some people work repeatedly as temporary staff hired during the peak fireworks festival season each year and are hired permanently once their ability is recognised. After joining, you start with support work such as carrying and fixing fireworks shells and launch tubes, gain experience and learn launching skills, and must take a safety course to obtain a fireworks display safety handbook. Once you master making and launching fireworks, you gradually take on more responsible work such as safety management and staff management. Fireworks cannot be stored or made unless someone holds the explosives handling safety manager and explosives manufacturing safety manager qualifications. In practice, you can work in a fireworks factory, gain experience in daily work, learn the relevant laws and knowledge, and sit these exams, and many workers hold these qualifications. Making fireworks involves handling explosives, which are hazardous, so responsibility and care are needed. The work also often involves heavy physical labour, such as carrying materials, preparing at festival sites and clearing up afterwards, so a fair amount of physical strength is needed.

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How do I become a Fireworks Maker?

No particular education or qualification is required to start, but most fireworks businesses are small and medium-sized family firms passed down through generations, and many hire through personal connections. Some people work repeatedly as temporary staff hired during the peak fireworks festival season each year and are hired permanently once their ability is recognised. After joining, you start with support work such as carrying and fixing fireworks shells and launch tubes, gain experience and learn launching skills, and must take a safety course to obtain a fireworks display safety handbook. Once you master making and launching fireworks, you gradually take on more responsible work such as safety management and staff management. Fireworks cannot be stored or made unless someone holds the explosives handling safety manager and explosives manufacturing safety manager qualifications. In practice, you can work in a fireworks factory, gain experience in daily work, learn the relevant laws and knowledge, and sit these exams, and many workers hold these qualifications. Making fireworks involves handling explosives, which are hazardous, so responsibility and care are needed. The work also often involves heavy physical labour, such as carrying materials, preparing at festival sites and clearing up afterwards, so a fair amount of physical strength is needed.

How much does a Fireworks Maker earn in Japan?

Average annual income in the private sector, bonus included, is ¥5,499,700 (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare). The figure is for the wage survey group Chemical product manufacturing workers, which covers several jobs.

Do you need a degree to become a Fireworks Maker?

Usually not. In this job's census occupation group, only 22% of workers are university graduates.

Will AI change the work of a Fireworks Maker?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

独立行政法人労働政策研究・研修機構（JILPT）作成 職業情報データベース 解説系ダウンロードデータ（IPD_DL_description_7_01.xlsx）ver.7.01 職業情報提供サイト（job tag）より2026年10月4日にダウンロード（https://shigoto.mhlw.go.jp/User/download）を加工して作成

独立行政法人労働政策研究・研修機構（JILPT）作成 職業情報データベース 簡易版数値系ダウンロードデータ（IPD_DL_numeric_7_00.xlsx）ver.7.00 職業情報提供サイト（job tag）より2026年10月4日にダウンロード（https://shigoto.mhlw.go.jp/User/download）を加工して作成

Sources: JILPT Occupational Information Database download data via job tag (解説系 ver.7.01 and 簡易版数値系 ver.7.00, downloaded 4 October 2026), processed by Peernovo; MHLW, Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025; Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2020 Population Census; MEXT, School Basic Survey 2025; MHLW, Employment Referrals for General Workers (Hello Work statistics). Figures processed by Peernovo. English job names, translations and the matching of jobs to statistical groups, schools and degree fields by Peernovo.

Updated 4 October 2026