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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”.

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Tasks for “Combine Operator”

Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers.
Position boxes or attach bags at discharge ends of machinery to catch products, removing and closing full containers.
Direct and monitor the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities.
Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions.
Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery.
Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment.
Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops.
Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers.
Guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines, and to discard diseased or rotten products.
Weigh crop-filled containers, and record weights and other identifying information.
Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks.
Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals.
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.
Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers.
Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools.

Related Technology & Tools

2-point sprayers
Sprayer booms
Skid steer post drivers
Mower conditioners
Silage distributors
Peanut diggers
Seed strippers
Subsoilers
Combine headers
Subcompact tractors
Telehandlers
Feed conveyors
Grain combines
Chisel disks
All terrain vehicle ATV rakes
Hay bale accumulators
Harrow baskets
Hay bale unrollers
Haybines
Forage wagons
Silage bins
Land planes
Liquid ferilizer applicators
Peanut digger inverters
All terrain vehicle ATV harrows
Skid steer rock grapples
Hay bale compressors
Hay bale loaders
Hay bale feeders
Seed vacuums
Peanut dump carts
Seed bins
Self-propelled sprayers
Peanut harvesters
Pasture renovators
Weed wipes
Hay bale spears
Land scrapers
Coulter disks
Nurse tanks
Land rollers
Skid steer tree cutters
Auger wagons
Silage baggers
Rotary tillers
Compost turners
Air drill seeders
Combine cylinders
Forage boxes
All terrain vehicle ATV sprayers
Novariant AutoFarm RTK AutoSteer
Grass seeders
All terrain vehicle ATV seeders
Compact tractors
Seed scales
Manure injection systems
Field cultivators
Litter spreaders
Cargo trucks
Sprayer chassis
Crop lifters
Header carriers
Combine grain headers
Seed mixers
Continuous flow grain dryers
Batch grain dryers
Grain heaters
Flotation sprayers
Hay balers
Chisel plows
Roller packers
Seed drills
Hay bale conveyors
Hay bale elevators
Fertilizer spreaders
Hay bale wrappers
Flat-ended shovels
Skid steer post pullers
All terrain vehicle ATV plows
Air carts
Air reels
Field rollers
Skid steer hay bale spears
Stump grinders
All terrain vehicle ATV post hole diggers
Post drivers
Farm tractors
Tractor guidance systems
Peanut dryers
Grain vacuums
Forage harvesters
Chaff spreaders
Hay bale stackers
Hay bale shredders
Disk rippers
Feed mixer wagons
Combine header transports
Min-till drills
Hammermills
Grain bin aeration fans
Bedding hippers
Silo spreaders
Tomato harvesters
Crop shredders
Silage boxes
Hay bale trailers
Track tractors
Hay bale movers
Silage mills
V hay rakes
Forklifts
Crop dividers
Min-till cultivators
Min-till planters
Backhoes
Skid steer loaders
Plows
Ditchers
Power winches
Granular applicators
Coulter drills
Seed hoppers
Hay conditioners
Horizontal feed mixers
Seed conveyors
Post hole diggers
Swath turners
Manure separators
Bed shapers
Offset disks
Mist blowers
Seed dryers
All terrain vehicles ATV
Combine draper headers
Grain augers
Gravity wagons
All terrain vehicle ATV discs
Skid steer rotary tillers
Windrow inverters
Land finishers
Coulter rippers
Tandem disks
Skid steer post hole diggers
Row crop cultivators
All terrain vehicle ATV manure spreaders
Silage wagons
Grain pumps
Lime spreaders
Liquid storage tanks
Utility vehicles
Fertilizer blenders
Grass drills
Silage feeders
Manure augers
Rotary hoes
3-point sprayers
Soybean combine harvesters
Rotary hay rakes
Peanut digger shakers
Manure storage tanks
Skid sprayers
Forage blowers
Hay tedders
Rock windrowers
Portable sprayers
Shavings spreaders
Bucket elevators
Land levelers
Manure spreaders
Air seeders
Grain wagons
Manure chopper pumps
Wheel loaders
Tower grain dryers
Windrowers
Straw and chaff spreaders
Hay bale forks
Manure scrapers
Dry bulk storage tanks
Grain drills
Auger movers
Feed grinders
Seed tenders
Silage wrappers
Garlic harvesters
Forage tractors
Transfer augers
Threshers

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