A professional who operates centrifugal machines to separate and wash molasses and mother liquor (syrup) from sugar crystals. Respnsibilities include:

• Opens gate allowing sugar mass to flow into centrifuge basket.
• Starts centrifuge that automatically passes through cycles of spinning off mother liquor, washing off molasses, and spinning off washwater.
• Lifts plate covering bottom of basket, positions cutting arm over sugar and starts machine to cut sugar crystals from inside basket.
• Washes centrifuge, using hose.
• May be designated by type of sugar processed as Soft-Sugar Cutter; White-Sugar Centrifugal Operator; or purpose of operation as Cubelet-Centrifugal Operator; Low-Raw-Sugar Cutter; Melt-House Centrifugal Operator; Remelt-Centrifugal Operator; Remelt-Sugar Cutter.