Will “Vine Pruner” 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
• 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 “Vine Pruner”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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