Tree Trimmers and Pruners
SOC Code: 37-3013
Tree Trimmers and Prunerss operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 93.6/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Critical Thinking.
AI-Proof Score: 93.6 — Very High
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Median Salary
$50,430
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Job Growth
3.3%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Operation and Control
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Critical Thinking
- •Complex Problem Solving
- •Coordination
- •Monitoring
- •Instructing
Common Tasks
- ✓Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
- ✓Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
- ✓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.
- ✓Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
- ✓Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation