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