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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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