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How exposed to AI is a Agricultural Equipment Operator?

Of the 17 tasks O*NET lists for agricultural equipment operators, 0 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 17 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
Baler OperatorCutter OperatorEquipment OperatorFarm Equipment OperatorHay BalerLoader OperatorPacking Tractor Machine OperatorRake OperatorSprayerWindrower Operator
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
17
tasks rated for this occupation
0%
hold a degree, from a survey of 25
26k
people do this job in the US
12 of 12
least protected in farming and forestry

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Cannot be sped up

17
  • 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
  • Direct and monitor the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities
  • Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops
  • Weigh crop-filled containers, and record weights and other identifying information
  • Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals
  • Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers
  • Guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines, and to discard diseased or rotten products
  • Position boxes or attach bags at discharge ends of machinery to catch products, removing and closing full containers
  • Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.