Will “Pruner” 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
• Grape Pruner
• Diagnostician
• Crane Operator
• Climber
• Brush Clearing Laborer

Tasks for “Pruner”

• Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
• 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.
• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
• Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• 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.
• Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects.
• 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.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
• Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
• Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.
• Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• 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.
• Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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