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