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