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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Outlook