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