Agricultural Equipment Operators

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

conveyors, hand trucks, forklifts, or transfer augers. Mix specified

materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into

planter or sprayer machinery. Observe and listen to machinery operation

to detect equipment malfunctions. Operate or tend equipment used in

agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation

equipment. Adjust, repair, and service 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. 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. Attach farm implements, such as plow, disc and drill to tractor.

Till soil; plant and cultivate grain. Tow harvesting equipment. Drive

and operate self-propelled combine. Operate tractors, tractor-drawn

machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize

soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops. Clean work areas,

and maintain grounds and landscaping.