Also called: Pyrotechnician, Pyrotechnic Chemist
Designs and launches fireworks shows, choosing chemicals that burn in different colors.
You plan a Fourth of July show to music, load hundreds of shells into launch tubes, wire them to a firing computer, and push the button. Strontium makes red, barium green, copper blue.
Much work is seasonal or part-time.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. No degree required; learned through apprenticeship plus federal and state pyrotechnic licenses. Chemistry knowledge helps.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Chemistry.
Growing about average. BLS does not project this specialty separately; rating estimated from related occupations.
Low risk for 10 years. Software choreographs shows to music, but loading shells and licensed handling stay hands-on.
Classes: Chemistry, Physics, Music.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-5032.
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