How do they match: Agricultural Equipment Operators

  • Farm Manager

  • Guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines, and to discard diseased or rotten products.
  • Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers.
  • Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks.
  • Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment.
  • Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops.
  • Position boxes or attach bags at discharge ends of machinery to catch products, removing and closing full containers.

  • Confer with managers to make operational decisions.
  • Load agricultural or forestry products for shipment.
  • Measure physical characteristics of forestry or agricultural products.