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

Tasks for “Line Clearance Foreman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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