Tree Trimmers and Pruners
Tasks Include:
- Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
- Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
- Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
- Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
- 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.
- Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
- Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
- Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
- Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
- Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +4.9%
National: +3.5%
Education
Less than a High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$47,080.00
State
$44,430.00
Regional
Tree Trimmers and Pruners
Description
Career Cluster: | Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources |
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.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Tree Trimmers and Pruners
Education
Required Level of Education
- Less than a High School Diploma = 56.81%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 37.13%
- Some College Courses = 3.83%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 2.23%
Related Work Experience
- None = 21.49%
- Over 10 years = 20.17%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 18.20%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 14.49%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 8.73%
- Up to and including 1 month = 7.10%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 5.67%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 2.23%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 1.92%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 30.42%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 14.49%
- None = 14.36%
- Up to and including 1 month = 13.56%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 13.12%
- Over 10 years = 5.67%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 4.54%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 3.83%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 21.36%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 18.68%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 18.05%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 14.24%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 9.51%
- None or short demonstration = 7.74%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 5.78%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 4.63%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Tree Trimmers and Pruners
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees.
- Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.
- Climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work areas.
- Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.
- 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.
- Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or to remove low-hanging branches.
- Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
- Operate shredding and chipping equipment, and feed limbs and brush into the machines.
- Load debris and refuse onto trucks and haul it away for disposal.
- Inspect trees to determine if they have diseases or pest problems.
- Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support.
- 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.
- Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs.
- Trim jagged stumps, using saws or pruning shears.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeons.
- Remove broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension poles.
- Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving.
- Spray trees to treat diseased or unhealthy trees, including mixing chemicals and calibrating spray equipment.
- Plan and develop budgets for tree work, and estimate the monetary value of trees.
- Water, root-feed, and fertilize trees.
- Apply tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces or seal surfaces and to protect them from fungi and insects.
- Harvest tanbark by cutting rings and slits in bark and stripping bark from trees, using spuds or axes.
- Scrape decayed matter from cavities in trees and fill holes with cement to promote healing and to prevent further deterioration.
- Split logs or wooden blocks into bolts, pickets, posts, or stakes, using hand tools such as ax wedges, sledgehammers, and mallets.
- Install lightning protection on trees.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Tree Trimmers and Pruners
Additional Resources
For career and certification information on tree trimmers and pruners, contact:
National Arborist Association
3 Perimeter Rd.
Unit I
Manchester, NH 03103
http://www.natlarb.com
For information on work as a landscaping and groundskeeping worker, contact:
Professional Landcare Network (PLANET)
950 Herndon Parkway, Suite 450
Herndon, Virginia 20170
(703) 736 9666 (800) 395-2522
http://www.landcarenetwork.org/
Associated Landscape Contractors of America
150 Elden St.
Suite 270
Herndon, VA 20170
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Tree Trimmers and Pruners
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
64.50 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
57.75 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Tree Trimmers and Pruners
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
68.75 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
65.50 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
56.25 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
53.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
50.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Tree Trimmers and Pruners
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
72.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
72.00 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
72.00 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
72.00 | Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
68.75 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
68.75 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
68.75 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
65.50 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
62.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
62.50 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
59.50 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
59.50 | Dynamic Strength | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. |
56.25 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
56.25 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
56.25 | Gross Body Equilibrium | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. |
56.25 | Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
53.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
53.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
53.00 | Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
53.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
53.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
50.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
50.00 | Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
50.00 | Spatial Orientation | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. |
50.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
50.00 | Gross Body Coordination | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. |
50.00 | Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Tree Trimmers and Pruners
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
93.50 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
89.00 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
80.50 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
77.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
75.25 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
74.00 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
72.00 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
70.75 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
70.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
65.00 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
61.25 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
61.00 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
60.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
60.25 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
57.00 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
53.75 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
52.00 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
51.75 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
50.75 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Tree Trimmers and Pruners
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
79.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
79.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
78.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
76.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
75.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
74.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
72.75 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
70.25 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
65.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
65.00 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
63.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
63.00 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
62.25 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
60.75 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
57.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
52.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Tree Trimmers and Pruners
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
55.50 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
55.50 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
100.00 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
98.20 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
94.40 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
93.40 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
89.80 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
88.20 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
87.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
87.40 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
86.40 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
84.60 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
84.40 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
84.40 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
83.80 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
83.80 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
79.20 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
79.00 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
78.00 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
76.40 | Exposed to High Places | How often does this job require exposure to high places? |
76.40 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
75.80 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
75.00 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
74.60 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
74.20 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
71.40 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
71.20 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
70.60 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
70.20 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
68.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
67.60 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
67.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
61.00 | In an Open Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or equipment (e.g., tractor)? |
60.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
60.40 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
59.20 | Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection | How much does this job require wearing specialized protective or safety equipment such as breathing apparatus, safety harness, full protection suits, or radiation protection? |
58.40 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
58.00 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
54.80 | Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles | How much does this job require climbing ladders, scaffolds, or poles? |
53.20 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
51.80 | Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling? |
50.40 | Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance | How much does this job require keeping or regaining your balance? |
50.40 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Tree Trimmers and Pruners
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $30,650.00 | $47,080.00 | $58,860.00 |
Virginia | $34,760.00 | $44,430.00 | $50,570.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $33,687.05 | $38,546.22 | $46,398.87 |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $34,390.48 | $38,878.60 | $47,470.21 |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $31,407.45 | $37,170.73 | $43,644.75 |
Northern Virginia | $42,590.13 | $49,489.55 | $60,074.37 |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $34,208.61 | $38,751.08 | $54,213.89 |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | $34,034.06 | $37,342.14 | $45,760.25 |
Western Virginia | $31,136.75 | $37,478.02 | $43,700.14 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Tree Trimmers and Pruners
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 63,700 | 65,900 | +3.5% |
Virginia | 3,454 | 3,623 | +4.9% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Tree Trimmers and Pruners
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Arborist
- Brush Clearing Laborer
- Climber
- Crane Operator
- Diagnostician
- Grape Pruner
- Ground Worker
- Groundsman
- Line Clearance Foreman
- Plant Health Care Technician
- Pruner
- Tanbark Laborer
- Timber Cutter
- Tractor Operator
- Tree Care Foreman
- Tree Climber
- Tree Doctor
- Tree Expert
- Tree Specialist
- Tree Surgeon
- Tree Trimmer
- Tree Trimmer Helper
- Trimmer
- Vine Pruner
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