Agricultural, Forestry and Horticultural Plant Operators

Tasks

There are many tasks done by agricultural, forestry and horticultural plant operators. A few are listed below:

• preparing and positioning plant for operation
• operating tractor-drawn and self-propelled plant to plough land and sow, fertilise, cultivate and harvest crops, and avoid damaging crops
• adjusting speed, height and depth of implements
• operating plant to hold, lift and cut trees
• operating attachments to lift, swing, release and sort trees and logs, and operating auxiliary plant such as chipping machines and log splitting machines
• feeding felled trees into processors to strip limbs and cut into logs and loading logs onto stockpiles and into trucks
• keeping log tallies and writing work reports
• servicing plant and performing minor repairs

Specific occupations

• Agricultural and Horticultural Mobile Plant Operator
• Logging Plant Operator
• Cotton Picking Machine Operator
• Harvester Operator
• Tractor Operator
• Forwarder Operator
• Skidder Operator
• Tree Feller Operator