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