sugar-maker (sugar maker)

Who are they and what do they do? The job of a sugar-maker is to produce sugar.

What are the activities of the job? He/she processes the basic material (sugar beet) by, weighing, treating, cleaning, washing, and preparing sugar-beet slices, extracting, cleaning, filtering and thickening the juice, boiling, handling syrups,, drying, cooling and sorting the results into sugar and other sugar products - The sugar maker also stores sugar and molasses - operates continuous production lines and various other technical equipment involved in the processes of sugar production - takes samples for laboratory analyses of the finished products - checks the quality of products - does health and safety work- maintains and repairs production equipment and checks the running of all machines and equipment while preparing for the season.

Where is it done and under what conditions? He/she does the job in sugar refineries where you may have to put up with dirt and impurities, noise, high temperatures and various fumes.

What tools/equipment do they use? Various machines and equipment such as washing machines, slicers, evaporators, boiling machines, in continuous production lines, thickeners, centrifuges, driers, conveyers, hand trucks, lifts and various hand-operated tools. The working material is especially sugar beet, molasses, sugar and other sugar products.

What do you need to succeed? Completion of an apprenticeship, interest in engineering, sufficient skilfulness, and the ability to react quickly.