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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 “Mechanic”

Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools.
Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers.
Direct and monitor the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities.
Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions.
Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals.
Weigh crop-filled containers, and record weights and other identifying information.
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.
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.
Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks.
Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers.
Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.
Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment.
Guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines, and to discard diseased or rotten products.
Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery.

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Weed wipes
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Skid steer rock grapples
Transfer augers
Portable sprayers
Flat-ended shovels
Rotary tillers
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Grain drills
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Rotary hoes
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Seed strippers
Combine header transports
Land scrapers
Stump grinders
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Grain pumps
Skid steer post drivers
Feed conveyors
Crop dividers
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Land planes
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Seed bins
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Granular applicators
Silage distributors
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Silage boxes
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Seed tenders
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Air carts
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Grain augers
Air seeders
Coulter rippers
Hay bale feeders
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Header carriers
Silage baggers
Auger movers
Liquid storage tanks
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Hay bale movers
Seed scales
Row crop cultivators
Hay bale spears
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Manure injection systems
Seed vacuums
Tandem disks
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Grain heaters
Land rollers
Subsoilers
Peanut dryers
Combine grain headers
Grain bin aeration fans
Bedding hippers
Grass seeders
Fertilizer blenders
Hay bale trailers
Seed mixers
Swath turners
Hay bale wrappers
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Hay bale shredders
Pasture renovators
Haybines
Peanut digger shakers
Hammermills
Manure separators
Hay tedders
Tractor guidance systems
Manure chopper pumps
Sprayer booms
Flotation sprayers
All terrain vehicles ATV
Plows
Silo spreaders
Bed shapers
Silage feeders
Hay balers
Hay bale unrollers
Manure spreaders
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