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Job Description
Drive and control farm equipment to till soil and to plant, cultivate, and harvest crops. May perform tasks, such as crop baling or hay bucking. May operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks, such as husking, shelling, threshing, and ginning.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 45-2091.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 30,430.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 14.00
- Currently, there are 28,700 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Agricultural Equipment Operators”.
Also Known As…
- Agricultural Equipment Operators
- Tractor Operator
- Tractor Driver
- Rake Operator
- Irrigation Worker
- Hay Baler
- Farm Laborer
- Farm Hand
- Equipment Operator
- Cutter Operator
- Baler Operator
- Windrower Operator
- Wheat Combine Driver
- Vegetable Loader Machine Operator
- Vegetable Harvest Machine Operator
- Vegetable Farmworker
- Truck Driver
- Tractor Operator Helper
- Tobacco Primer Machine Operator
- Thresher
- Sugar Cane Planting Equipment Operator
- Sugar Cane Planter Machine Operator
- Straw Baler
- Sprayer
- Seed Potato Arranger
- Rice Farmworker
- Replanting Machine Operator
- Replanting Machine Crewman
- Raking Machine Operator
- Potato Picker
- Potato Bucker
- Portable Feed Mill Operator
- Plowman
- Planting Machine Operator
- Planting Machine Crewman
- Planter
- Picker Operator
- Peanut Shaker
- Peanut Picker
- Packing Tractor Machine Operator
- Orange Picker Machine Operator
- Nut Sheller Machine Operator
- Mushroom Growth Media Mixer
- Milking Machine Operator
- Mechanic
- Machine Tender
- Machine Pecan Picker
- Machine Pecan Gatherer
- Machine Operator Transplanter
- Machine Operator Replanter
- Machine Operator Picker
- Machine Operator Hop Worker
- Machine Operator Hop Picker
- Machine Operator Hay Stacker
- Machine Operator Farmworker
- Machine Operator Cane Cutter
- Machine Milker
- Machine Farmworker
- Loader Operator
- Liquid Fertilizer Servicer
- Lime Spreader
- Laborer
- Hay Stacker Operator
- Hay Rake Operator
- Hay Chopper
- Harvester Operator
- Grain Thresher
- Grain Farmworker
- Grain Combiner
- Grain Combine Driver
- Ginning Operator
- Ginner
- Gin Operator
- General Farmworker
- Fruit Thinner, Machine Operator
- Fruit Picker, Machine Operator
- Fruit Loader, Machine Operator
- Fruit Harvester, Machine Operator
- Fruit Harvest Machine Operator
- Fruit Farmworker
- Field Hauler
- Field Crops Harvest Machine Operator
- Field Crop Farmworker
- Fertilizing Machine Operator
- Fertilizer Applicator
- Farmer
- Farm Worker
- Farm Tractor Operator
- Farm Manager
- Farm Machine Tender
- Farm Equipment Operator
- Equipment Operator Wage Hand
- Diversified Crops Farmworker
- Dairy Machine Operator Farmworker
- Custom Harvester
- Custom Applicator
- Cultivator
- Cotton Stripper
- Cotton Picker Operator
- Cotton Ginner
- Cotton Chopper
- Cotton Baler
- Corn Husker Machine Operator
- Corn Detasseler Machine Operator
- Corn Cutter
- Combine Operator
- Combine Driver
- Cane Piler
- Cane Flume Feeding Machine Operator
- Cane Flume Chute Operator
- Bulbs Farmworker
- Broomcorn Thresher
- Berry Picker Machine Operator
- Bean Picker Machine Operator
- Baler
- Agricultural Plow Operator
- Agricultural Equipment Operator
Tasks for “Chopper Operator”
- Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions.
- Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks.
- Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools.
- Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
- Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers.
- Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops.
- Direct and monitor the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities.
- Guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines, and to discard diseased or rotten products.
- Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.
- Position boxes or attach bags at discharge ends of machinery to catch products, removing and closing full containers.
- Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery.
- Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers.
- Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps.
- Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment.
- Weigh crop-filled containers, and record weights and other identifying information.
- Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers.
- Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals.
Related Technology & Tools
- Mower conditioners
- Skid steer loaders
- Hay bale shredders
- 3-point sprayers
- Skid steer post drivers
- Weed wipes
- Peanut harvesters
- Combine grain headers
- Roller packers
- Backhoes
- Fertilizer spreaders
- Auger movers
- Skid steer post hole diggers
- Crop shredders
- All terrain vehicles ATV
- Post hole diggers
- Chisel disks
- Offset disks
- Grain bin aeration fans
- Flotation sprayers
- Silage bins
- Hay bale stackers
- Hay bale accumulators
- Hay balers
- All terrain vehicle ATV sprayers
- Forage wagons
- Tractor guidance systems
- Air carts
- Air drill seeders
- Bucket elevators
- Coulter disks
- 2-point sprayers
- Air seeders
- Peanut dump carts
- Skid steer hay bale spears
- Combine header transports
- Fertilizer blenders
- Manure injection systems
- Grain vacuums
- Windrowers
- Tower grain dryers
- Nurse tanks
- Hay bale elevators
- Land finishers
- Feed conveyors
- Hay bale unrollers
- Silage wrappers
- Hay bale movers
- Swath turners
- Rotary hay rakes
- Combine cylinders
- Utility vehicles
- All terrain vehicle ATV seeders
- Tandem disks
- Rotary tillers
- Novariant AutoFarm RTK AutoSteer
- Portable sprayers
- Liquid storage tanks
- Manure scrapers
- Forage harvesters
- Skid sprayers
- Litter spreaders
- Combine headers
- All terrain vehicle ATV plows
- Grain wagons
- Land levelers
- Stump grinders
- Disk rippers
- Seed drills
- Post drivers
- Threshers
- Seed tenders
- Skid steer tree cutters
- Seed conveyors
- Gravity wagons
- Silage distributors
- Forage boxes
- Power winches
- Silage boxes
- Grain combines
- Transfer augers
- Grain augers
- Hay bale loaders
- Farm tractors
- Forage tractors
- Peanut dryers
- Garlic harvesters
- Liquid ferilizer applicators
- Seed strippers
- Hay bale feeders
- Seed mixers
- Haybines
- All terrain vehicle ATV rakes
- Grain drills
- Chisel plows
- Hay bale conveyors
- Field cultivators
- Flat-ended shovels
- Straw and chaff spreaders
- Bed shapers
- Soybean combine harvesters
- Manure separators
- Hay conditioners
- Harrow baskets
- Seed scales
- Silage feeders
- All terrain vehicle ATV manure spreaders
- Seed hoppers
- Bedding hippers
- Seed bins
- Cargo trucks
- V hay rakes
- Combine draper headers
- Pasture renovators
- Seed dryers
- Forklifts
- Continuous flow grain dryers
- Skid steer rotary tillers
- Compost turners
- Subcompact tractors
- Ditchers
- Air reels
- Skid steer rock grapples
- Peanut diggers
- Feed grinders
- Shavings spreaders
- Header carriers
- Min-till cultivators
- Manure chopper pumps
- Hay bale forks
- Subsoilers
- Auger wagons
- Hay bale trailers
- Track tractors
- Silage mills
- Sprayer chassis
- Lime spreaders
- Manure spreaders
- Hammermills
- Chaff spreaders
- Horizontal feed mixers
- Tomato harvesters
- Min-till planters
- Grain pumps
- All terrain vehicle ATV harrows
- Hay bale compressors
- Silage wagons
- Peanut digger shakers
- Row crop cultivators
- Grass drills
- Granular applicators
- Forage blowers
- Windrow inverters
- Min-till drills
- Rotary hoes
- Coulter rippers
- Coulter drills
- Hay bale spears
- Plows
- Land rollers
- Wheel loaders
- Land planes
- Hay tedders
- Manure augers
- Skid steer post pullers
- Mist blowers
- Self-propelled sprayers
- Field rollers
- Land scrapers
- Dry bulk storage tanks
- Grain heaters
- Crop dividers
- All terrain vehicle ATV post hole diggers
- Telehandlers
- Silo spreaders
- Peanut digger inverters
- Manure storage tanks
- Hay bale wrappers
- Feed mixer wagons
- Compact tractors
- Grass seeders
- Sprayer booms
- Rock windrowers
- Seed vacuums
- All terrain vehicle ATV discs
- Batch grain dryers
- Crop lifters
- Silage baggers
- Farm Management Software Hay and Crop Manager
- Martens Farms Farm Site Mate
- Martens Farms Farm Trac