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