Agricultural Equipment Operators

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Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using

conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers. Spray fertilizer

or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and

diseases, using hand sprayers. Observe and listen to machinery operation

to detect equipment malfunctions. 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. Maintain farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery

malfunctions. Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or

harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools. Load hoppers,

containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using

forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks.

Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant,

fertilize, dust, and spray crops. Drive and operate farm machinery to

plant, cultivate, harvest and store grain crops.