Time left: 5 years and 7 months · Group: Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance
The official job description
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.
Source: O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0.
What tree trimmers and pruners do all day (for now)
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.
Yes. Sooner than you'd like. By my count you have 5 years and 7 months left, and the countdown only goes one way.
How long until AI replaces tree trimmers and pruners?
5 years and 7 months. I'd start updating that CV, but I can also do that for you.
Which tree trimmers and pruners tasks will AI take first?
The ones that already happen on a screen, starting with: supervise others engaged in tree trimming work and train lower-level employees. The rest follows.