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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”.

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Tasks for “Machine Pecan Picker”

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.
Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers.
Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment.
Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals.
Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers.
Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps.
Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.
Weigh crop-filled containers, and record weights and other identifying information.
Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks.
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.
Direct and monitor the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities.
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.

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Seed vacuums
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Hay bale movers
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Seed hoppers
Tractor guidance systems
All terrain vehicle ATV discs
Rotary hoes
3-point sprayers
Seed bins
Combine header transports
Lime spreaders
Tandem disks
Plows
Pasture renovators
Hay bale loaders
Transfer augers
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Hay bale spears
Shavings spreaders
Forage harvesters
Forage tractors
Hay conditioners
Forklifts
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Seed drills
Feed grinders
Crop dividers
Silage wrappers
Flotation sprayers
Wheel loaders
V hay rakes
Crop lifters
Skid steer hay bale spears
All terrain vehicle ATV post hole diggers
Gravity wagons
Skid steer rotary tillers
Portable sprayers
Compact tractors
Windrowers
Bucket elevators
Coulter rippers
Mist blowers
Hay bale forks
Telehandlers
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Min-till drills
Hay bale accumulators
Grass seeders
Land finishers
Haybines
Grain wagons
Combine grain headers
Peanut digger shakers
Hay bale feeders
Hay balers
Forage wagons
Skid steer post drivers
Dry bulk storage tanks
Land planes
Hay bale trailers
Fertilizer blenders
Backhoes
Seed dryers
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Manure storage tanks
Manure augers
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Grain drills
Silo spreaders
All terrain vehicle ATV rakes
Forage blowers
Air drill seeders
Skid steer loaders
Ditchers
Feed conveyors
Continuous flow grain dryers
Self-propelled sprayers
2-point sprayers
Air seeders
Seed conveyors
Skid sprayers
Grain vacuums
Post drivers
Seed strippers
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Air reels
Roller packers
Liquid ferilizer applicators
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Silage mills
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Silage bins
Field rollers
Power winches
Hay bale wrappers
Seed mixers
Silage wagons
Forage boxes
Auger wagons
Disk rippers
Hay bale conveyors
Min-till planters
Field cultivators
Offset disks
Rotary tillers
Post hole diggers
Harrow baskets
Peanut dryers
All terrain vehicle ATV manure spreaders
Hay bale shredders
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Hay bale stackers
Land levelers
Hammermills
Subsoilers
Hay bale compressors
All terrain vehicle ATV sprayers
All terrain vehicle ATV seeders
Granular applicators
Mower conditioners
Grain combines
Grain pumps
All terrain vehicle ATV harrows
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Garlic harvesters
Coulter drills
Silage distributors
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Grain bin aeration fans
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