Will “Brush Clearing Laborer” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
77% Chance of Automation
“Brush Clearing Laborer” will probably be replaced by robots.
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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”
- Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
- Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
- Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
- Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
- Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
- 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.
- Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.
- Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
- Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects.
- Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
- 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.
- Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
- Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
- 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.
- Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
- Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
- Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
- Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
- 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.
- Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
- Install lightning protection on trees.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Agricultural augers
- Hedge clippers
- Hand pruners
- Brush chippers
- Truck-mounted lifts
- Protective masks
- Measuring tapes
- Tree climbing spikes
- Tree trimming chainsaws
- Cordless power saws
- Dump trucks
- Gas hedge trimmers
- Swivel carabiners
- Rope blocks
- Power pruners
- Loppers
- Pole saws
- Hydraulic stick saws
- Mist sprayers
- Pole pruners
- Work trucks
- Hard hats
- Soil sampling probes
- Tree climbing saddles
- Stump chippers
- Garden shovels
- Climbing hooks
- Chipper trucks
- Hydraulic pruners
- Tree pruning saws
- Protective ear plugs
- Pruning knives
- Protective ear muffs
- Chemical mixers
- Safety lanyards
- Felling wedges
- Hand-held grab hooks
- Tripod ladders
- Bucket trucks
- Non-slip boots
- Bypass pruners
- Loader backhoes
- Boom trucks
- Cargo trailers
- Limbing axes
- Work gloves
- Chipper shredders
- Protective safety glasses
- Hacksaws
- Hydraulic chemical sprayers
- Root pruners
- Brush trucks
- Pole ladders
- Handheld sprayers
- Long-handled clippers
- Wheeled front-end loaders
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