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