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