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