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