Tree Trimmer

Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.

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.

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

Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.

Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.

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

Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care.

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

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

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

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

Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.

Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.

Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.

Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.

Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.

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

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

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

Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.

Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.

Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.

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

Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.

Install lightning protection on trees.