Also called: Candy Maker
Makes candy such as caramels, taffy, brittle, fudge, and lollipops.
You cook sugar to exact temperatures, pull taffy, and cut caramels by hand or on small machines. Candy shops in tourist towns let guests watch you work. Some confectioners run small brands sold online.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. A high school diploma plus on-the-job training at a candy shop or factory and a food handler card; baking classes help.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Self-taught. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average (about 2% over 10 years). Rolls into food batchmakers.
Medium risk for 10 years. Big candy factories are highly automated; small-batch artisan candy shops keep hand-made work.
Age 16+. One way to start: Apply to candy shops and boardwalk fudge shops, which train new candy makers
Classes: Chemistry, Culinary arts CTE, Business.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-3092.
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