Will “Groundsman” 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 “Groundsman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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