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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
- 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 “Seed Potato Arranger”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers.
- Weigh crop-filled containers, and record weights and other identifying information.
- Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer 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.
- Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps.
- Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers.
- Position boxes or attach bags at discharge ends of machinery to catch products, removing and closing full containers.
- Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
Related Technology & Tools
- All terrain vehicle ATV plows
- Field rollers
- Grass drills
- Manure augers
- Coulter drills
- Seed hoppers
- Straw and chaff spreaders
- Bed shapers
- Subsoilers
- Litter spreaders
- Seed strippers
- 3-point sprayers
- Skid steer tree cutters
- Feed grinders
- V hay rakes
- Feed conveyors
- Land levelers
- Horizontal feed mixers
- Field cultivators
- Peanut digger shakers
- Land finishers
- Forage tractors
- All terrain vehicle ATV seeders
- Power winches
- Subcompact tractors
- Forage wagons
- Shavings spreaders
- Forklifts
- Crop shredders
- Silage mills
- Cargo trucks
- Grain bin aeration fans
- Manure spreaders
- Hay bale compressors
- Hay bale forks
- Peanut dryers
- Hay bale unrollers
- Min-till planters
- Crop lifters
- Mower conditioners
- Weed wipes
- Grain augers
- Hay bale wrappers
- Threshers
- Crop dividers
- Forage blowers
- Plows
- Combine grain headers
- Silo spreaders
- Roller packers
- Chisel plows
- Tractor guidance systems
- Silage boxes
- Manure injection systems
- Seed vacuums
- Air drill seeders
- Swath turners
- Rock windrowers
- Grain combines
- Lime spreaders
- Skid steer post pullers
- Disk rippers
- Grain pumps
- Silage wagons
- Ditchers
- Tandem disks
- Hay balers
- Grass seeders
- Hay bale elevators
- Hay bale stackers
- Wheel loaders
- Garlic harvesters
- Grain heaters
- Windrowers
- Hammermills
- Compost turners
- Forage harvesters
- Bucket elevators
- Sprayer booms
- Post hole diggers
- Seed bins
- Mist blowers
- Backhoes
- All terrain vehicles ATV
- Seed dryers
- Min-till drills
- Seed scales
- Silage wrappers
- Air reels
- Hay bale trailers
- All terrain vehicle ATV harrows
- Air seeders
- Land rollers
- All terrain vehicle ATV rakes
- Coulter rippers
- Row crop cultivators
- Silage baggers
- All terrain vehicle ATV discs
- Harrow baskets
- Grain wagons
- Combine cylinders
- Seed conveyors
- Post drivers
- Hay bale loaders
- Windrow inverters
- Skid steer post hole diggers
- Portable sprayers
- Peanut diggers
- Grain drills
- 2-point sprayers
- Gravity wagons
- Telehandlers
- All terrain vehicle ATV sprayers
- Pasture renovators
- Soybean combine harvesters
- Skid steer loaders
- Fertilizer blenders
- Hay bale shredders
- Utility vehicles
- Manure separators
- Skid sprayers
- Hay bale movers
- Liquid ferilizer applicators
- Auger movers
- Novariant AutoFarm RTK AutoSteer
- Rotary tillers
- Chisel disks
- Peanut digger inverters
- Header carriers
- Bedding hippers
- Batch grain dryers
- Seed mixers
- Tower grain dryers
- Seed tenders
- Skid steer rock grapples
- Hay bale feeders
- Hay bale conveyors
- Manure storage tanks
- Silage feeders
- Haybines
- Combine draper headers
- Sprayer chassis
- Dry bulk storage tanks
- All terrain vehicle ATV post hole diggers
- Skid steer hay bale spears
- Silage distributors
- Skid steer post drivers
- Grain vacuums
- Combine headers
- Track tractors
- Flat-ended shovels
- Chaff spreaders
- Seed drills
- Min-till cultivators
- Combine header transports
- Self-propelled sprayers
- Hay bale spears
- Manure chopper pumps
- Farm tractors
- Liquid storage tanks
- Continuous flow grain dryers
- Tomato harvesters
- Transfer augers
- Hay conditioners
- Granular applicators
- Offset disks
- Skid steer rotary tillers
- Rotary hoes
- Hay tedders
- Fertilizer spreaders
- Coulter disks
- Air carts
- Nurse tanks
- Manure scrapers
- Land planes
- Stump grinders
- Peanut dump carts
- Land scrapers
- Silage bins
- Compact tractors
- Peanut harvesters
- Forage boxes
- Hay bale accumulators
- Rotary hay rakes
- All terrain vehicle ATV manure spreaders
- Flotation sprayers
- Feed mixer wagons
- Auger wagons
- Martens Farms Farm Trac
- Martens Farms Farm Site Mate
- Farm Management Software Hay and Crop Manager