According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines. | 87% |
| Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools. | 87% |
| Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment. | 86% |
| 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. | 86% |
| Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle. | 85% |
| Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas. | 81% |
| Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees. | 81% |
| Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees. | 81% |
| Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches. | 81% |
| Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems. | 80% |
| Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal. | 80% |
| Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons. | 79% |
| Provide information to the public regarding trees, such as advice on tree care. | 77% |
| Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears. | 77% |
| Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs. | 76% |
| Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes, or other tools. | 75% |
| Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles. | 74% |
| Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees. | 72% |
| Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support. | 68% |
| Install lightning protection on trees. | 67% |
| Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration. | 67% |
| Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment. | 65% |
| Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces or seal surfaces and to protect them from fungi and insects. | 64% |
| Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving. | 63% |
| Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets. | 49% |
| Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes. | 44% |
