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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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