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