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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”.

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Tasks for “Fruit Picker, Machine Operator”

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.
Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.
Weigh crop-filled containers, and record weights and other identifying information.
Position boxes or attach bags at discharge ends of machinery to catch products, removing and closing full containers.
Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment.
Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions.
Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks.
Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers.
Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers.
Direct and monitor the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities.
Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers.
Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps.
Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals.
Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools.
Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery.

Related Technology & Tools

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Skid steer loaders
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Land finishers
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Seed scales
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Grain vacuums
Mist blowers
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Batch grain dryers
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Liquid storage tanks
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Silage boxes
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Land levelers
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Weed wipes
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Seed dryers
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Hay bale accumulators
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Seed strippers
Chaff spreaders
Hay balers
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Hay conditioners
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Manure spreaders
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Haybines
Gravity wagons
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Field rollers
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Silage baggers
Bucket elevators
Plows
Hay bale trailers
Silage wagons
Threshers
Crop shredders
Hay bale elevators
Chisel disks
Peanut digger shakers
Skid sprayers
All terrain vehicle ATV rakes
Grass seeders
Air seeders
Seed conveyors
Silage wrappers
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2-point sprayers
Windrow inverters
Cargo trucks
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Peanut harvesters
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Granular applicators
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Silage bins
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