Will “Brush Clearing Laborer” 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

Tasks for “Brush Clearing Laborer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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