Will “Tree Climber” 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 Care Foreman
• 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 Climber
• Tractor Operator
• Timber Cutter
• Tanbark Laborer
• Pruner
• Grape Pruner
• Diagnostician
• Crane Operator
• Climber
• Brush Clearing Laborer

Tasks for “Tree Climber”

• 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.
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
• Install lightning protection on trees.
• Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
• Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
• Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
• 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.
• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
• Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
• Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
• Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.
• 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.
• Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.
• Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects.
• Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.
• Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
• Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
• Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
• Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools.
• Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
• Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
• Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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