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

Tasks for “Tree Specialist”

• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
• 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.
• Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
• Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
• Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects.
• Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
• Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
• Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
• 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.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
• Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
• 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.
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
• Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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