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