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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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