Sugar refinery operator

About this career

Sugar refinery operators tend and control refinery equipment to produce sugars and related products from raw sugar or other raw materials like corn starch.

Essential skills

adhere to organisational guidelines apply GMP apply HACCP apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages be at ease in unsafe environments carry out checks of production plant equipment clean food and beverage machinery comply with food safety and hygiene disassemble equipment handle product separation in the sugar industry measure sugar refinement monitor centrifugal separators monitor sugar uniformity perform cleaning duties perform food safety checks tend corn starch extraction machines

Required knowledge

chemical aspects of sugar enzymatic processing types of sugars

Additional skills

act reliably dispose food waste ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production liaise with colleagues liaise with managers measure density of liquids set up equipment for food production work in a food processing team financial capability food preservation food storage health, safety and hygiene legislation

Also known as

sugar production operative sugar worker sugar refinery operative sugar plant operative