Will “Plant Health Care Technician” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
77% Chance of Automation
“Plant Health Care Technician” 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
- Line Clearance Foreman
- 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
- Plant Health Care Technician
- Grape Pruner
- Diagnostician
- Crane Operator
- Climber
- Brush Clearing Laborer
Tasks for “Plant Health Care Technician”
- Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects.
- Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
- Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
- Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
- Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
- Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.
- Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools.
- Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
- 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.
- Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.
- Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
- Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
- Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
- Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
- 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.
- Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
- Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
- Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
- Install lightning protection on trees.
- Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
- Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
- Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
- Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
- Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
- Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
Related Technology & Tools
- Pole pruners
- Cargo trailers
- Hard hats
- Wheeled front-end loaders
- Loader backhoes
- Loppers
- Root pruners
- Hydraulic chemical sprayers
- Pruning knives
- Cordless power saws
- Tree climbing spikes
- Safety lanyards
- Protective safety glasses
- Handheld sprayers
- Measuring tapes
- Hand-held grab hooks
- Hacksaws
- Felling wedges
- Mist sprayers
- Hydraulic stick saws
- Limbing axes
- Pole ladders
- Brush chippers
- Soil sampling probes
- Gas hedge trimmers
- Swivel carabiners
- Hand pruners
- Garden shovels
- Brush trucks
- Boom trucks
- Chipper trucks
- Climbing hooks
- Bypass pruners
- Truck-mounted lifts
- Tripod ladders
- Protective ear muffs
- Work gloves
- Power pruners
- Agricultural augers
- Tree trimming chainsaws
- Rope blocks
- Protective ear plugs
- Long-handled clippers
- Chipper shredders
- Work trucks
- Chemical mixers
- Dump trucks
- Protective masks
- Hydraulic pruners
- Tree pruning saws
- Stump chippers
- Hedge clippers
- Pole saws
- Tree climbing saddles
- Non-slip boots
- Bucket trucks
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel