Agricultural Equipment Operators

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

conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers. 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. 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. Direct and monitor

the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting

activities. Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure

spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops. Weigh crop-filled

containers, and record weights and other identifying information. Drive

trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers. Irrigate soil,

using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and

pumps. Drive and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and

store grain crops. Till soil, plant and cultivate grain. Tow harvesting

equipment. Drive and operate self-propelled combine. Farming with: Corn,

Hay, Soy Beans