Will “Ground 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
• Arborist
• Vine Pruner
• Trimmer
• Tree Worker
• Tree Trimmer Helper
• Tree Surgeon
• Tree Specialist
• Tree Expert
• Tree Doctor
• Tractor Operator
• Timber Cutter
• Tanbark Laborer
• Pruner
• Ground Worker
• Grape Pruner
• Diagnostician
• Crane Operator
• Climber
• Brush Clearing Laborer

Tasks for “Ground Worker”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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