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”

• Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other 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.
• 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.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
• 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.
• Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
• Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
• 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.
• Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
• Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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