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