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

Tasks for “Tractor Operator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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