Job Description:

• 1) Tends conveyors and machines that blend various types and varieties of tobacco with domestic blends of tobacco: Starts conveyors to move continuous flow of tobacco under blenders to feeders that add specified types of tobacco, through ordering cylinder, overflow scales, and onto final blending belt.

• 2) Sets timers to control blending and feeding speeds and sets flow scales to control amount of tobacco fed, following specifications.

• 3) Forks specified tobacco into feeder at intervals, to obtain desired blend.

• 4) Observes flow of tobacco and operation of conveyors and machines to ensure efficient operation.

• 5) Records weight of each lot processed.

• 6) May be designated according to type of tobacco processed as Turkish-Line Attendant; Virginia-Line Attendant.