Will “Tree Worker” 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 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 Worker”

• Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
• Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools.
• 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.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
• Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
• 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.
• Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects.
• 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.
• Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
• Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
• Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• 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.
• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• 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

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

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