Will “Tree Trimmer” 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 Trimmer”

• 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.
• Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
• Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
• 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.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
• Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
• 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.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
• 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.
• 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.
• Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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