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