Will “Line Clearance Foreman” 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 “Line Clearance Foreman”

• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
• 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.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• 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.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
• Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
• Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• 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.
• Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
• Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
• 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.
• 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.
• Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
• Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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