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