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Agricultural Equipment Operators

SOC 45-2091.00

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.

Zone 2 Farming, Fishing, and Forestry

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Green

Top Skills 8

Operation Monitoring

3.9

Operation and Control

3.9

Troubleshooting

3.1

Repairing

3.1

Quality Control Analysis

3.1

Active Listening

3.0

Social Perceptiveness

3.0

Speaking

2.9

Knowledge Areas 8

Food Production

4.6

Personnel and Human Resources

3.7

Chemistry

3.6

Administration and Management

3.5

English Language

3.4

Customer and Personal Service

3.3

Economics and Accounting

3.2

Telecommunications

2.9

Key Tasks

1Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.

2Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions.

3Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps.

4Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery.

5Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment.

Also Known As

Agricultural Equipment Operator Agricultural Plow Operator Baler Baler Operator Bean Picker Machine Operator Berry Picker Machine Operator Broomcorn Thresher Bulbs Farmworker Cane Flume Chute Operator Cane Flume Feeding Machine Operator