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. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers. 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. 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.