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How to become a Frozen Food Production Worker

Also called: Frozen udon maker, Frozen fried prawn maker, Frozen croquette maker, Frozen pilaf maker, Preserved food equipment operator, Frozen food equipment operator

Makes processed frozen foods in frozen food factories.

Main tasks

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How to become one

No particular education or qualifications are needed to start. People join a frozen food factory after leaving school. Related courses include agriculture, fisheries, food and industrial studies. New graduates usually find jobs through their school, and people changing careers mostly through Hello Work (public employment service) and job advertisements. Factories that make cooked frozen foods are highly mechanised, so you need to be able to handle the machines well. When automated machines are used, understanding automatic control systems and being able to apply that knowledge are also important. To become a manager you need specialist knowledge of quality and hygiene control, so you are expected to attend courses and gain a broad grounding, from basic to advanced, in quality and hygiene control methods for frozen food production.

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How do I become a Frozen Food Production Worker?

No particular education or qualifications are needed to start. People join a frozen food factory after leaving school. Related courses include agriculture, fisheries, food and industrial studies. New graduates usually find jobs through their school, and people changing careers mostly through Hello Work (public employment service) and job advertisements. Factories that make cooked frozen foods are highly mechanised, so you need to be able to handle the machines well. When automated machines are used, understanding automatic control systems and being able to apply that knowledge are also important. To become a manager you need specialist knowledge of quality and hygiene control, so you are expected to attend courses and gain a broad grounding, from basic to advanced, in quality and hygiene control methods for frozen food production.

How much does a Frozen Food Production Worker earn in Japan?

Average annual income in the private sector, bonus included, is ¥3,967,400 (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare). The figure is for the wage survey group Food, beverage and tobacco production workers, which covers several jobs.

Do you need a degree to become a Frozen Food Production Worker?

Usually not. In this job's census occupation group, only 13% of workers are university graduates.

Will AI change the work of a Frozen Food Production Worker?

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