According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers. | 90% |
| Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery. | 88% |
| Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers. | 86% |
| Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions. | 86% |
| Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery. | 85% |
| Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks. | 84% |
| Direct and monitor the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities. | 83% |
| Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment. | 83% |
| Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops. | 83% |
| Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions. | 81% |
| Weigh crop-filled containers, and record weights and other identifying information. | 80% |
| Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals. | 80% |
| Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers. | 80% |
| Guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines, and to discard diseased or rotten products. | 80% |
| Position boxes or attach bags at discharge ends of machinery to catch products, removing and closing full containers. | 79% |
| Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps. | 79% |
| Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools. | 78% |
