Will “Plant Health Care Technician” 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 “Plant Health Care Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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