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Summary 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.

Sample Job Titles

1.	Arborist

2.	Brush Clearing Laborer

3.	Climber

4.	Crane Operator

5.	Diagnostician

6.	Grape Pruner

7.	Ground Worker

8.	Groundsman

9.	Line Clearance Foreman

10.	Plant Health Care Technician

11.	Pruner

12.	Tanbark Laborer

13.	Timber Cutter

14.	Tractor Operator

15.	Tree Care Foreman

16.	Tree Climber

17.	Tree Doctor

18.	Tree Expert

19.	Tree Specialist

20.	Tree Surgeon

21.	Tree Trimmer

22.	Tree Trimmer Helper

23.	Tree Worker

24.	Trimmer

25.	Vine Pruner

Job Tasks

	Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools. Operate grounds maintenance equipment. Drive trucks or other vehicles to or at work sites.

	Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees. Instruct staff in work policies or procedures. Supervise maintenance workers.

	Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.

	Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment. Clean equipment or supplies.

	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. Trim trees or other vegetation. Operate grounds maintenance equipment.

	Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches. Trim trees or other vegetation.

	Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons. Trim trees or other vegetation. Treat greenery or surfaces with protective substances.

	Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle. Operate grounds maintenance equipment.

	Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines. Operate grounds maintenance equipment.

	Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal. Remove debris from work sites. Drive trucks or other vehicles to or at work sites.

	Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems. Inspect landscaping to determine treatment needs.

	Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support. Install equipment to protect or support trees.

	Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools. Remove debris from work sites.

	Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care. Provide information about landscaping services or costs.

	Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment. Prepare chemicals for work application. Treat greenery or surfaces with protective substances. Operate grounds maintenance equipment.

	Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees. Estimate maintenance service requirements or costs.

	Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs. Remove debris from work sites.

	Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles. Remove debris from work sites.

	Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears. Trim trees or other vegetation.

	Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees. Irrigate lawns, trees, or plants.

	Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects. Treat greenery or surfaces with protective substances.

	Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving. Plant greenery to improve landscape appearance.

	Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes. Trim trees or other vegetation.

	Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration. Treat greenery or surfaces with protective substances.

	Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets. Operate grounds maintenance equipment.

	Install lightning protection on trees. Install equipment to protect or support trees.

Work Activities

Importance	Work Activity

Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment — Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.

Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).

Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.

Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment — Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.

Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.

Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.

Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.

Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.

Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.

Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.

Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.

Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.

Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.

Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.

Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

Selling or Influencing Others — Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.

Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.

Monitoring and Controlling Resources — Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.

Performing Administrative Activities — Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.

Nature of the Work


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Working Conditions


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