ag. equipment operator

Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using 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.

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

farm workers. 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. Till soil;

plant and cultivate grain. Tow harvesting equipment.