ag equipment operator

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

forklifts, or transfer augers. 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. 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.