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