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