How do they match: Tree Trimmers and Pruners

  • Tree Trimmers and Pruners

  • 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.

  • Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
  • Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
  • 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.
  • Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
  • 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.
  • Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
  • Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.
  • Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.

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