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