How do they match: Agricultural Equipment Operators

  • Planter
  • Planting Machine Crewman
  • Planting Machine Operator
  • Sugar Cane Planter Machine Operator
  • Sugar Cane Planting Equipment Operator

  • Drive and control equipment to support agricultural activities such as tilling soil; planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops; feeding and herding livestock; or removing animal waste. May perform tasks such as crop baling or hay bucking. May operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks such as husking, shelling, threshing, and ginning.

  • Direct and monitor the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities.
  • Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps.
  • Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery.
  • Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops.
  • Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals.

  • Plant crops, trees, or other plants.
  • Apply chemical solutions to plants to protect against disease or insects or to enhance growth.
  • Prepare materials or solutions for animal or plant use.