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.
• Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools.
• Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
• Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.
• Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects.
• Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
• 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.
• 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.
• Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
• 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.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• 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.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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