Will “Vine Pruner” 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
• 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 “Vine Pruner”

• Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
• 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.
• Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects.
• Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
• Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• 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.
• 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.
• Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
• Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
• 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.
• Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• 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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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