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”

• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
• Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
• Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
• Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
• Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
• Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
• 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.
• Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• 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.
• Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools.
• Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
• 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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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