Will “Climber” 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
• Brush Clearing Laborer

Tasks for “Climber”

• 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.
• 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.
• Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• 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.
• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
• 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.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• 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.
• Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
• Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
• Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
• Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
• Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
• Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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