Will “Tree Doctor” 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
• Tractor Operator
• Timber Cutter
• Tanbark Laborer
• Pruner
• Grape Pruner
• Diagnostician
• Crane Operator
• Climber
• Brush Clearing Laborer

Tasks for “Tree Doctor”

• Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects.
• 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.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
• Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
• Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
• 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.
• 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.
• Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
• Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools.
• Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
• Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
• 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.
• 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.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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