Will “Tree Trimmers and Pruners” 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

Also Known As…

• Tree Trimmer
• Tree Climber
• 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
• Tractor Operator
• Timber Cutter
• Tanbark Laborer
• Pruner
• Grape Pruner
• Diagnostician
• Crane Operator
• Climber
• Brush Clearing Laborer

Tasks for “Tree Trimmers and Pruners”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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