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”

• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
• 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.
• Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
• Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
• Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• 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.
• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
• Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
• 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.
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
• 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.
• 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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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