ag equipment operator

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. 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. 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. Position boxes or attach bags at discharge ends of machinery to catch products, removing and closing full containers. Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and

maintain ditches or pipes and pumps. 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.

Drive and operate self-propelled combine. Harvest fruits and vegetables by hand. Farming with: Corn, Hay, Milo, Soy Beans, Winter Wheat