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

Tasks for “Tree Care Foreman”

• Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
• Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools.
• Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
• 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.
• 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.
• Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
• Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
• Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.
• Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
• 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.
• Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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