A professional who controls equipment in bulk sugar plant to load and unload sugar and to blend sugar syrups according to formula. Respnsibilities include:

• Signals drivers or engineers by hand to give directions in positioning trucks and railroad cars for unloading.
• Positions conveyors and attaches unloading hoses and pipes to truck and railroad cars.
• Opens conveyor gate and pipe valves and starts pumps, blowers, and conveyors to unload sugar from vehicle and to transport it to storage bins.
• Starts pumps and agitators to transport and mix specified amounts of water, corn syrup, and sugar in blending tanks.
• Dumps bags of diatomaceous earth into blend and pumps mixture through filter to remove impurities.
• Tests syrup to measure acid, yeast, and soluble sugar content, using pH meter and refractometer.
• Keeps records of test results, weight of sugar received and shipped, amount and type of syrup blended, and percentage of wasted materials.
• May weigh truck before and after loading.
• May tend steam boiler to supply steampower to plant equipment.