Agricultural equipment operator
Drives and controls farm equipment for jobs like tilling soil, planting and harvesting crops, feeding and herding livestock, and removing animal waste.
Will AI replace agricultural equipment operator jobs?
AI changes jobs more often than it replaces them. How much AI can help with this work: Low. More AI overlap than 26 in 100 jobs. AI touches a small part of this work. Most of the job happens with your hands, your body or in person. 0% of this job’s working time is already spent on tasks people bring to AI at work (Anthropic Economic Index). Based on Microsoft research on real AI use at work, matched to the tasks of each job in O*NET.
What stays human
- Load and unload crops or materials by hand or with equipment
- Mix chemicals and load seeds or solutions into planting and spraying machines
- Spray fertilizer or pest killer by hand to control pests
10-year outlook · USA
Expected change in the number of these jobs by 2035: +8.6%. Typical pay: $41,730 a year. US Bureau of Labor Statistics. German figures differ, but the direction is usually similar.
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