Will “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
• 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 “Trimmer”

• 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 shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
• Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
• Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• 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.
• 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.
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
• Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
• 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.
• Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools.
• Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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