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