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