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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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