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