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

Tasks for “Tree Surgeon”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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