
Tree Trimmers & Pruners
Also called: Arborist, Groundsman, Tree Climber, Tree Trimmer
What they do:
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.
On the job, you would:
- Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
- Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
- 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.
Business
Engineering and Technology
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Basic Skills
Problem Solving
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Hand and Finger Use
Controlled Movement
Endurance
Attention
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People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
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