ag equipment operator

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

forklifts, or transfer augers. Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders,

or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery. 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. Maintain 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 and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store grain

crops. Till soil; plant and cultivate grain. Tow harvesting equipment. Drive trucks to haul crops,

supplies , tools or farm workers. Drive and operate self-propelled combine.