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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”
- Guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines, and to discard diseased or rotten products.
- Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers.
- Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery 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.
- Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment.
- Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers.
- Weigh crop-filled containers, and record weights and other identifying information.
- Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps.
- Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.
- Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery.
- Direct and monitor the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities.
- Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers.
- Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops.
- Position boxes or attach bags at discharge ends of machinery to catch products, removing and closing full containers.
- Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals.
- Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions.
Related Technology & Tools
- Dry bulk storage tanks
- Auger movers
- Subsoilers
- Forage harvesters
- Combine headers
- Liquid ferilizer applicators
- Compact tractors
- Hay balers
- Manure chopper pumps
- Skid steer loaders
- All terrain vehicle ATV sprayers
- Backhoes
- Skid steer post drivers
- Mist blowers
- Tomato harvesters
- Silage feeders
- Min-till cultivators
- Hay bale compressors
- Hammermills
- Rotary hoes
- Power winches
- Grain pumps
- Roller packers
- Seed mixers
- Land planes
- Forage boxes
- Seed drills
- Flotation sprayers
- Peanut digger shakers
- Windrowers
- All terrain vehicle ATV manure spreaders
- Plows
- Hay bale loaders
- Hay bale unrollers
- Hay bale stackers
- Hay bale forks
- Hay bale trailers
- Hay bale wrappers
- Flat-ended shovels
- Tandem disks
- Litter spreaders
- Manure spreaders
- Min-till planters
- Compost turners
- Bedding hippers
- Hay conditioners
- Manure injection systems
- Soybean combine harvesters
- Seed hoppers
- Tractor guidance systems
- Silage distributors
- Mower conditioners
- All terrain vehicle ATV rakes
- Header carriers
- Seed dryers
- Grain heaters
- Chaff spreaders
- Chisel plows
- Cargo trucks
- Rock windrowers
- Shavings spreaders
- Grass seeders
- Manure storage tanks
- Seed conveyors
- Hay bale shredders
- Skid steer rock grapples
- Nurse tanks
- Fertilizer spreaders
- Post hole diggers
- Grain wagons
- Gravity wagons
- Silage boxes
- Combine cylinders
- Self-propelled sprayers
- Swath turners
- Combine draper headers
- All terrain vehicle ATV post hole diggers
- Coulter drills
- Air carts
- Seed bins
- Grain drills
- Straw and chaff spreaders
- Rotary hay rakes
- Threshers
- Grass drills
- Harrow baskets
- Pasture renovators
- Farm tractors
- Hay tedders
- Hay bale elevators
- Track tractors
- Silage wagons
- Silage wrappers
- Bucket elevators
- Manure augers
- Hay bale movers
- Skid steer post hole diggers
- Land finishers
- Disk rippers
- Field cultivators
- Skid steer hay bale spears
- Skid sprayers
- Hay bale conveyors
- Grain combines
- Silo spreaders
- Hay bale accumulators
- Granular applicators
- Chisel disks
- Coulter rippers
- Rotary tillers
- Ditchers
- Crop lifters
- Combine header transports
- Skid steer tree cutters
- 2-point sprayers
- Peanut harvesters
- Feed conveyors
- Seed tenders
- Utility vehicles
- Forage blowers
- Combine grain headers
- Portable sprayers
- Field rollers
- Seed vacuums
- Garlic harvesters
- Continuous flow grain dryers
- Auger wagons
- Hay bale feeders
- Liquid storage tanks
- Tower grain dryers
- Lime spreaders
- Seed strippers
- Horizontal feed mixers
- Hay bale spears
- Wheel loaders
- Manure scrapers
- Offset disks
- Silage mills
- Air reels
- Windrow inverters
- Feed mixer wagons
- Peanut digger inverters
- Skid steer post pullers
- Crop dividers
- Peanut dryers
- Haybines
- Subcompact tractors
- Peanut diggers
- Silage baggers
- Land rollers
- Sprayer chassis
- Seed scales
- All terrain vehicle ATV discs
- Manure separators
- All terrain vehicle ATV seeders
- Row crop cultivators
- Peanut dump carts
- Novariant AutoFarm RTK AutoSteer
- Fertilizer blenders
- All terrain vehicles ATV
- Batch grain dryers
- Coulter disks
- Air seeders
- 3-point sprayers
- All terrain vehicle ATV plows
- Telehandlers
- Weed wipes
- Min-till drills
- Crop shredders
- Air drill seeders
- Land levelers
- Silage bins
- Grain bin aeration fans
- V hay rakes
- Post drivers
- Stump grinders
- Forage wagons
- Forklifts
- Land scrapers
- All terrain vehicle ATV harrows
- Sprayer booms
- Skid steer rotary tillers
- Grain augers
- Feed grinders
- Grain vacuums
- Forage tractors
- Transfer augers
- Bed shapers
- Martens Farms Farm Trac
- Martens Farms Farm Site Mate
- Farm Management Software Hay and Crop Manager