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”

• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
• Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
• 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.
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
• Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
• Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools.
• Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
• 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.
• Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects.
• Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
• 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.
• Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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