Will “Ground Worker” 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
• Brush Clearing Laborer

Tasks for “Ground Worker”

• Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
• Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
• Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
• Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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