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How to become a Hamburger Restaurant Manager

Manages the whole of a hamburger restaurant, including keeping up the taste, quality and service of its food, promoting sales, and training and managing casual staff.

Workers in this job say high school or university is common. From job tag's survey of people in each job, who could give several answers. It shows what workers see as common, not how many workers hold each level.

How to become one

No particular education or qualifications are needed to start. Managers, who are permanent employees, take intensive training on running a restaurant at their company's training centre. The length of training varies by company. Most people gain experience in restaurants after joining, pass a promotion exam and gain qualifications such as food hygiene supervisor before becoming manager. Most hamburger restaurants are part of chains, and there are two kinds of outlet: company-run outlets operated directly by the chain, and franchise outlets run by owners who have signed a franchise agreement. At franchise outlets the owner is sometimes also the manager. Some people who join a hamburger chain as permanent employees go on to set up as an owner or owner-manager. Managers need leadership to direct and guide staff, knowledge of food hygiene and the ability to manage sales.

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How do I become a Hamburger Restaurant Manager?

No particular education or qualifications are needed to start. Managers, who are permanent employees, take intensive training on running a restaurant at their company's training centre. The length of training varies by company. Most people gain experience in restaurants after joining, pass a promotion exam and gain qualifications such as food hygiene supervisor before becoming manager. Most hamburger restaurants are part of chains, and there are two kinds of outlet: company-run outlets operated directly by the chain, and franchise outlets run by owners who have signed a franchise agreement. At franchise outlets the owner is sometimes also the manager. Some people who join a hamburger chain as permanent employees go on to set up as an owner or owner-manager. Managers need leadership to direct and guide staff, knowledge of food hygiene and the ability to manage sales.

Do you need a degree to become a Hamburger Restaurant Manager?

Usually not. In this job's census occupation group, only 19% of workers are university graduates.

Will AI change the work of a Hamburger Restaurant Manager?

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