A professional who tends conveyors and machines that blend various types and varieties of tobacco with domestic blends of tobacco. Respnsibilities include:

• Starts conveyors to move continuous flow of tobacco under blenders (revolving spikes) to feeders that add specified types of tobacco, through ordering cylinder, overflow scales, and onto final blending belt.
• Sets timers to control blending and feeding speeds and sets flow scales to control amount of tobacco fed, following specifications.
• Forks specified tobacco into feeder at intervals, to obtain desired blend.
• Observes flow of tobacco and operation of conveyors and machines to ensure efficient operation.
• Records weight of each lot processed.
• May be designated according to type of tobacco processed as Turkish-Line Attendant; Virginia-Line Attendant.