Will “Tree Trimmer” 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
• Diagnostician
• Crane Operator
• Climber
• Brush Clearing Laborer

Tasks for “Tree Trimmer”

• Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
• 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.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• 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.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
• Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
• Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects.
• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
• 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.
• 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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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