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Tree Trimmers and Pruners

SOC 37-3013.00

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.

Zone 2 Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Green

Top Skills 8

Operation and Control

3.8

Operation Monitoring

3.6

Critical Thinking

3.2

Monitoring

3.1

Complex Problem Solving

3.1

Speaking

3.0

Coordination

3.0

Instructing

3.0

Knowledge Areas 8

Customer and Personal Service

3.6

Mechanical

3.3

Public Safety and Security

2.9

Production and Processing

2.8

Transportation

2.7

Education and Training

2.7

English Language

2.6

Administration and Management

2.5

Key Tasks

1Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.

2Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.

3Cut 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.

4Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.

5Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.

Also Known As

Arborist Brush Clearing Laborer Climber Diagnostician Grape Pruner Ground Worker Groundsman Laborer Line Clearance Foreman Plant Health Care Technician