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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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