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