How do they match: Tree Trimmers and Pruners

  • Aerial Lift Operator
  • Crane Operator
  • Grounds Worker
  • Tree Worker

  • 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.

  • Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
  • Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
  • 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.
  • Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
  • Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
  • Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.

  • Operate grounds maintenance equipment.
  • Drive trucks or other vehicles to or at work sites.
  • Instruct staff in work policies or procedures.
  • Prepare chemicals for work application.
  • Remove debris from work sites.
  • Supervise maintenance workers.