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Drives and operaets one or more farm machines, such as
tractors, trucks, and harvesters to perform specified farm
activity as cutting hay, picking cranberries, and harvesting
wheat: Hitches soil conditioning implement, such as plow or
harrow to tractor, and operates tractor and towed implement to
furrow and grade soil. Drives tractor and operates designated
towed machine, such as seed drill or manure spreader, to plant,
fertilize, dust, and spary crops.
Prepares harvesting machine by
adjusting speeds of cutters, blowers, and conveyors and height
of cutting head or dpeth of digging blades according to type,
height, weight, and condition of crop being harvested, and
contour of terrain.
Attaches towed- or mounted-type harvesting
machine to tractor, using handtools, or drives self-propelled
harvesting machine to cut, pull up, dig, thresh, clean, chop,
bag, or bundle crops, such as sod, vine fruits, or livestock
feed.
Mvoes switches, pulls levers, and turns knobs and wheels
to activate and regulate mechanisms. Refuels engine, lubricates
machine parts, and monitors machine operations to ensure optimum
performance. Drives truck to haul materials, supplies, or
harvesetd crops to designated locations. May load and unload
containers of materials and products on trucks, trailers, or
railcars by hand or driving forkilft truck. May mix specified
materials and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or
sprayer machinery. May oversee activities of field crews. May
drive horses or mules to tow farm machinery.
May be identfiied
with crop, such as hay, onions, and cranberries, or machine,
such as baler, chopper, and digger.
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