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