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