Will “Crane Operator” 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
• Climber
• Brush Clearing Laborer

Tasks for “Crane Operator”

• Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects.
• Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
• Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
• Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools.
• Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
• 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.
• Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.
• Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
• Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
• Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
• Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
• 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.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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