How do they match: Tree Trimmers and Pruners

  • Tree Trimmers and Pruners

  • Trimmer
  • Climber Trimmer
  • Timber Cutter
  • Tree Trimmer
  • Tree Trimmer Helper

  • 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.

  • 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 jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
  • Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
  • Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces or seal surfaces and to protect them from fungi and insects.
  • Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
  • Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes, or other tools.
  • Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.
  • Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
  • Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
  • Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
  • Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.

  • Trim trees or other vegetation.