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

Tasks for “Tree Climber”

• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• 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.
• Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
• Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
• Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
• 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.
• 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.
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
• Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• 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.
• Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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