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