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 Climber
• Tree Care Foreman
• Plant Health Care Technician
• Line Clearance Foreman
• Groundsman
• Ground Worker
• Arborist
• Vine Pruner
• Trimmer
• Tree Worker
• Tree Trimmer Helper
• Tree Trimmer
• 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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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