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. 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. 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. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers. Adjust, repair, and service farm

machinery, and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions. Load or unload trucks or help others with loading or

unloading, using special loading-related equipment or other equipment as necessary. Secure cargo for transport, using

ropes, blocks, chains, binders or covers. Driving agricultural equipment and/or delivering products to fields in support

of the agricultural equipment operator, both done on a farm for a farmer. Fill tanks with water and fertilizer according to formulas and take the tanks to farm sites. Operate machines such as agricultural sprayers or fertilizer spreaders to

fertilize and spray crops. Spread dry fertilizer using GPS enabled agricultural equipment. Manipulate controls, nozzles,

hoses, and tubes to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery to direct product over designated areas.

Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.