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”

• Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools.
• Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
• Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.
• Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
• Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
• Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
• 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.
• Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
• Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize 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.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
• Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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