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

Tasks for “Tanbark Laborer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Outlook