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