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. 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 trucks to haul crops, supplies,

tools, or farm workers. Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery, and

notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions. Load or unload trucks or

help others with loading or unloading, using special loading-related

equipment or other equipment as necessary. Secure cargo for transport,

using ropes, blocks, chains, binders or covers. Driving agricultural

equipment and/or delivering products to fields in support of the

agricultural equipment operator, both done on a farm for a farmer. Fill

tanks with water and fertilizer according to formulas and take the tanks

to farm sites. Operate machines such as agricultural sprayers or

fertilizer spreaders to fertilize and spray crops. Spread dry fertilizer

using GPS enabled agricultural equipment. Manipulate controls, nozzles,

hoses, and tubes to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery to

direct product over designated areas. Adjust, repair, and service farm

machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.