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.

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

and store grain crops. Till soil; plant and cultivate grain. Drive and

operate self-propelled combine.