Will “Diagnostician” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

Job Description

Using sophisticated climbing and rigging techniques, cut away dead or excess branches from trees or shrubs to maintain right-of-way for roads, sidewalks, or utilities, or to improve appearance, health, and value of tree. Prune or treat trees or shrubs using handsaws, hand pruners, clippers, and power pruners. Works off the ground in the tree canopy and may use truck-mounted lifts.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 37-3013.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 37,310.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 17.00
• Currently, there are 40,680 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Tree Trimmers and Pruners”.

Also Known As…

• Tree Trimmers and Pruners
• Tree Trimmer
• Tree Climber
• Tree Care Foreman
• Plant Health Care Technician
• Line Clearance Foreman
• Groundsman
• Ground Worker
• Arborist
• Vine Pruner
• Trimmer
• Tree Worker
• Tree Trimmer Helper
• Tree Surgeon
• Tree Specialist
• Tree Expert
• Tree Doctor
• Tractor Operator
• Timber Cutter
• Tanbark Laborer
• Pruner
• Grape Pruner
• Crane Operator
• Climber
• Brush Clearing Laborer

Tasks for “Diagnostician”

• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects.
• Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
• Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
• Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
• Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
• Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
• Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
• Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
• Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.
• Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.
• Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
• Cut away dead and excess branches from trees, or clear branches around power lines, using climbing equipment or buckets of extended truck booms, or chainsaws, hooks, handsaws, shears, and clippers.
• Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.

Related Technology & Tools

• Work trucks
• Rope blocks
• Loppers
• Wheeled front-end loaders
• Protective safety glasses
• Hand-held grab hooks
• Power pruners
• Bypass pruners
• Mist sprayers
• Chipper trucks
• Garden shovels
• Soil sampling probes
• Hydraulic pruners
• Handheld sprayers
• Truck-mounted lifts
• Tree climbing spikes
• Agricultural augers
• Hedge clippers
• Long-handled clippers
• Swivel carabiners
• Hard hats
• Tree pruning saws
• Protective ear plugs
• Hydraulic chemical sprayers
• Stump chippers
• Pruning knives
• Tripod ladders
• Felling wedges
• Tree climbing saddles
• Hydraulic stick saws
• Loader backhoes
• Limbing axes
• Root pruners
• Work gloves
• Protective masks
• Safety lanyards
• Hand pruners
• Cordless power saws
• Dump trucks
• Measuring tapes
• Pole ladders
• Protective ear muffs
• Climbing hooks
• Tree trimming chainsaws
• Non-slip boots
• Pole saws
• Brush chippers
• Bucket trucks
• Chemical mixers
• Gas hedge trimmers
• Brush trucks
• Cargo trailers
• Boom trucks
• Pole pruners
• Chipper shredders
• Hacksaws

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