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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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