Job Description:

• 1) Operates automatic multicell diffuser to extract sugar juice from beet slices: Starts diffuser and auxiliary equipment, such as beet slicers, conveyors, and automatic weighing scales.

• 2) Observes dials and turns controls to regulate flow of beets and water into diffuser, speed of agitators, and temperature of liquid in cells.

• 3) Reads laboratory report to determine sugar content of beets, and adjusts controls to obtain maximum amount of sugar juice.

• 4) Examines diffuser cells to determine if screens are clear, and that liquid levels are maintained at specified height.

• 5) Reads control panel dials and automatic indicators, and records operating data, such as tonnage of beets sliced and diffused, and tonnage of water required to diffuse beet slices.