(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Tree Trimmers and Pruners
Job Description
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, pruning hooks, sheers, and clippers. May use truck-mounted lifts and power pruners. May fill cavities in trees to promote healing and prevent deterioration.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
99
|
Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment. |
96
|
Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools. |
96
|
Cut away dead and excess branches from trees, or clear branches around power lines, using climbing equipment or buckets of extended truck booms, and/or chainsaws, hooks, handsaws, shears, and clippers. |
96
|
Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines. |
95
|
Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle. |
95
|
Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal. |
95
|
Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes or other tools. |
93
|
Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs. |
92
|
Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches. |
90
|
Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support. |
89
|
Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees. |
89
|
Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems. |
89
|
Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears. |
87
|
Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas. |
84
|
Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care. |
82
|
Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons. |
80
|
Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles. |
72
|
Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving. |
56
|
Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees. |
55
|
Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment. |
55
|
Install lightning protection on trees. |
48
|
Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees. |
40
|
Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces, and to protect them from fungi and insects. |
38
|
Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets. |
27
|
Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration. |
13
|
Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
90
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
88
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
70
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
67
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
66
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
65
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
60
|
Thinking Creatively
|
60
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
60
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
60
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
60
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
60
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
59
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
57
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
57
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
57
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
57
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
55
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
54
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
51
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
50
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
50
|
Getting Information
|
48
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
46
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
45
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
45
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
44
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
43
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
43
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
42
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
41
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
41
|
Processing Information
|
40
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
35
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
34
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
34
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
27
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
24
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
23
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
21
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
16
|
Interacting With Computers
|