Will “Farm Worker” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
Unknown Chance of Automation
Sadly, the research paper did not provide any information about this occupation. Maybe have a look at our directory?
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 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
- 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 “Farm Worker”
- Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks.
- Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment.
- 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.
- 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.
- Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.
- Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery.
- Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals.
- 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.
- Guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines, and to discard diseased or rotten products.
- Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
- Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools.
- 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.
- Weigh crop-filled containers, and record weights and other identifying information.
Related Technology & Tools
- Seed vacuums
- Swath turners
- Peanut dryers
- Peanut digger shakers
- Peanut dump carts
- Seed mixers
- Hay bale stackers
- Land scrapers
- Coulter drills
- Threshers
- Seed conveyors
- Hay balers
- Skid steer tree cutters
- Feed mixer wagons
- Horizontal feed mixers
- Plows
- Hay bale unrollers
- Manure chopper pumps
- Grain vacuums
- Rotary hay rakes
- Peanut digger inverters
- 3-point sprayers
- Grain heaters
- Skid steer post drivers
- Windrow inverters
- Skid steer post pullers
- All terrain vehicle ATV seeders
- Auger wagons
- Compost turners
- Hay bale spears
- Manure storage tanks
- Stump grinders
- Manure injection systems
- Skid steer post hole diggers
- Crop dividers
- Land finishers
- All terrain vehicle ATV rakes
- Land rollers
- Sprayer chassis
- Silage mills
- Dry bulk storage tanks
- Bucket elevators
- Skid steer rotary tillers
- Field rollers
- Skid steer rock grapples
- Silage boxes
- Tomato harvesters
- Silage baggers
- Land levelers
- Forage boxes
- Batch grain dryers
- Fertilizer spreaders
- Offset disks
- Manure separators
- Combine header transports
- Hay bale shredders
- 2-point sprayers
- Manure spreaders
- Post hole diggers
- Skid steer hay bale spears
- Wheel loaders
- Seed dryers
- Hay bale loaders
- Self-propelled sprayers
- Chisel plows
- Post drivers
- Seed strippers
- All terrain vehicle ATV discs
- Grain augers
- All terrain vehicles ATV
- Skid sprayers
- Tractor guidance systems
- Coulter disks
- Silage wagons
- Mist blowers
- Flotation sprayers
- Hay bale forks
- Land planes
- Feed conveyors
- Soybean combine harvesters
- Skid steer loaders
- Hay conditioners
- Gravity wagons
- Seed hoppers
- Roller packers
- Mower conditioners
- Bedding hippers
- All terrain vehicle ATV sprayers
- Novariant AutoFarm RTK AutoSteer
- Manure augers
- Windrowers
- Track tractors
- Ditchers
- Forklifts
- Auger movers
- Tower grain dryers
- Manure scrapers
- Air reels
- Field cultivators
- Power winches
- Combine grain headers
- Row crop cultivators
- Hay bale conveyors
- Harrow baskets
- Hay bale movers
- Forage tractors
- Nurse tanks
- Seed scales
- Combine headers
- Peanut harvesters
- Seed tenders
- Liquid ferilizer applicators
- Coulter rippers
- Garlic harvesters
- Rotary tillers
- Hay bale feeders
- Shavings spreaders
- Chaff spreaders
- Weed wipes
- Granular applicators
- Crop shredders
- Flat-ended shovels
- Hay bale trailers
- Air carts
- Backhoes
- Silo spreaders
- Hay bale compressors
- Hay bale elevators
- Lime spreaders
- Fertilizer blenders
- Sprayer booms
- Disk rippers
- Straw and chaff spreaders
- All terrain vehicle ATV harrows
- Forage wagons
- All terrain vehicle ATV post hole diggers
- Grass drills
- Grain drills
- Hay bale wrappers
- Min-till planters
- Hay bale accumulators
- Grass seeders
- All terrain vehicle ATV plows
- Transfer augers
- Chisel disks
- Silage bins
- Seed drills
- Silage wrappers
- Liquid storage tanks
- Feed grinders
- Combine cylinders
- Subsoilers
- Air drill seeders
- Compact tractors
- Forage blowers
- Grain bin aeration fans
- Tandem disks
- Crop lifters
- Min-till cultivators
- Forage harvesters
- Silage feeders
- Peanut diggers
- Telehandlers
- Air seeders
- Grain pumps
- Silage distributors
- Rotary hoes
- Grain combines
- Seed bins
- Continuous flow grain dryers
- Subcompact tractors
- Haybines
- Hammermills
- V hay rakes
- Pasture renovators
- Bed shapers
- Cargo trucks
- Litter spreaders
- Rock windrowers
- Portable sprayers
- Header carriers
- All terrain vehicle ATV manure spreaders
- Combine draper headers
- Hay tedders
- Grain wagons
- Min-till drills
- Utility vehicles
- Farm tractors
- Farm Management Software Hay and Crop Manager
- Martens Farms Farm Trac
- Martens Farms Farm Site Mate