Also called: Sugar Beet Factory Operator, Cane Sugar Mill Operator
Runs the huge factories that slice sugar beets or crush sugarcane and boil the juice into white sugar crystals.
During "campaign" season, trucks dump mountains of beets outside around the clock. Inside, you run slicers, giant diffusers and evaporators, watching screens and checking juice samples. In the pan room you boil syrup until sugar crystals form, then spin them dry in centrifuges.
Seasonal campaign plus off-season maintenance.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0.5 years after high school. High school; trained on the job. Many factories are union jobs.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average. Steady but tied to a few farm regions.
Medium risk for 10 years. Control systems automate more steps, but running big plants through campaign still needs operators.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply at sugar beet or cane factories (seasonal hiring) or through a staffing agency; new hires are trained on the job
Classes: Chemistry, Algebra, Agriculture class, Shop class.
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