Also called: Traveling Concessionaire
Owns a food stand that travels the state fair circuit selling funnel cakes, corn dogs, and fried treats.
A fair concessionaire drives a food trailer to a state fair and fries thousands of funnel cakes over 12 days. They travel a circuit of fairs all summer.
Highly variable; seasonal business.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. No degree; a year or more working a food stand, then buying or building your own; you need food handler training and health permits.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Growing about average. Steady.
Low risk for 10 years. Running a food stand on the fair circuit is hands-on small business work.
Classes: Culinary arts CTE, Business, Business math, Marketing.
Official data: O*NET occupation 35-1012.
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