Will “Tree Trimmer Helper” 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 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 Helper”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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