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