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