Will “Tree Climber” 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 Climber”

• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.
• 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.
• Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• 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.
• 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.
• Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
• 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.
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
• 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.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• 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.
• 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.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.
• Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
• Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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