Will “Tree Care Foreman” 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
• Tanbark Laborer
• Pruner
• Grape Pruner
• Diagnostician
• Crane Operator
• Climber
• Brush Clearing Laborer

Tasks for “Tree Care Foreman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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