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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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