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“Arborist” will probably be replaced by robots.
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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
- Vine Pruner
- 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
- Arborist
Tasks for “Arborist”
- Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
- Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.
- 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.
- Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
- Install lightning protection on trees.
- Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
- Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
- Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
- Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
- Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
- Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools.
- Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects.
- Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
- Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
- Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
- Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
- Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
- Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
- Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.
- 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.
- Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
- Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
- Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
- Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
- Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
Related Technology & Tools
- Handheld sprayers
- Protective masks
- Hydraulic pruners
- Cordless power saws
- Protective safety glasses
- Boom trucks
- Agricultural augers
- Pole pruners
- Tree climbing spikes
- Tree trimming chainsaws
- Bucket trucks
- Tripod ladders
- Measuring tapes
- Chemical mixers
- Garden shovels
- Power pruners
- Work gloves
- Climbing hooks
- Loader backhoes
- Work trucks
- Stump chippers
- Dump trucks
- Gas hedge trimmers
- Cargo trailers
- Rope blocks
- Limbing axes
- Chipper trucks
- Root pruners
- Pole ladders
- Loppers
- Tree pruning saws
- Hacksaws
- Hand pruners
- Mist sprayers
- Safety lanyards
- Soil sampling probes
- Bypass pruners
- Long-handled clippers
- Brush trucks
- Non-slip boots
- Tree climbing saddles
- Protective ear plugs
- Hard hats
- Protective ear muffs
- Hydraulic chemical sprayers
- Chipper shredders
- Pruning knives
- Hand-held grab hooks
- Swivel carabiners
- Felling wedges
- Truck-mounted lifts
- Wheeled front-end loaders
- Brush chippers
- Hydraulic stick saws
- Pole saws
- Hedge clippers
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook