Agricultural equipment operators drive and control farm equipment to till soil and to plant, cultivate, and harvest crops. They may perform tasks like crop baling and may operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks like husking, shelling, threshing, and ginning.
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- Agricultural Equipment Operators
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
What do they typically do
- Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions
- 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
- Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery
- Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment
- Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery
- Direct and check 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
Number of Jobs
Average Annual
Job Growth
+1.1%
Job Opening
182
Education & Training
- Education Some may require a high school diploma or GED certificate.Associated Programs or MajorsLicense
Private Training Programs
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