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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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