Will “Arborist” 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 “Arborist”

• Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools.
• 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.
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
• 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.
• Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects.
• Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
• Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.
• Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• 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.
• Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
• 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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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