Will “Tree Doctor” 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
• Tractor Operator
• Timber Cutter
• Tanbark Laborer
• Pruner
• Grape Pruner
• Diagnostician
• Crane Operator
• Climber
• Brush Clearing Laborer

Tasks for “Tree Doctor”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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