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”

• Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
• Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
• Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
• 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.
• Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
• 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.
• 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.
• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
• 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.
• 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.
• Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
• 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.
• Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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