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