A professional who tends machine that cuts tow, sliver, or waste fibers into staple lengths preparatory to blending and subsequent processing into yarn. Responsibilities include:

• Places cans of sliver or bales of raw stock at feed-end of machine.
• Cuts bale bands, using hand snips.
• Places loose fiber on belt which conveys fiber to cutting blades or pulls ends of sliver or tow from cans and guides them into feed rolls at cutter.
• Examines fiber falling from cutter to detect fusing of fibers due to dull cutting blades.
• Measures cut fiber with ruler to verify length.
• Notifies machine fixer when cut fiber does not meet specifications.
• May stock from several bales to blend fibers.
• May sort loose stock by size and color.