Vocational Programs for Agricultural Equipment Operators Career

The role of Agricultural Equipment Operators is to drive and control equipment to support agricultural activities such as tilling soil; planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops; feeding and herding livestock; or removing animal waste.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $41,850 and $20 per hour. 1 vocational program could be taken for the Agricultural Equipment Operators career. Based on BLS data, a total of 28,910 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Agricultural Equipment Operators Career

The following 1 vocational program is required or helpful to prepare Agricultural Equipment Operators. Total 6 schools are offering certificate programs.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Agricultural Equipment Operators
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Agricultural Power Machinery Operation	6	-	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Agricultural Equipment Operators Career

The following 20 occupations are related to Agricultural Equipment Operators.

Related Occupations toAgricultural Equipment Operators
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	23,520	$44,480	$21
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	259K	$36,140	$17
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	43,080	$55,170	$27
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	450K	$62,180	$30
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	32,630	$55,500	$27
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	36,830	$52,120	$25
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	413K	$63,690	$31
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	58,040	$58,500	$28
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	13,990	$50,020	$24
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	14,520	$45,270	$22
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	61,250	$40,360	$19
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	53,170	$51,960	$25
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	26,210	$46,390	$22
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	12,290	$41,490	$20
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	57,080	$44,610	$21
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	372K	$41,200	$20
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	24,660	$42,900	$21
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	779K	$45,720	$22
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	3,008K	$39,760	$19
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	44,500	$41,000	$20

Schools offering vocational programs for Agricultural Equipment Operators

The following 6 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Agricultural Equipment Operators. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.