- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who trims trees to clear right-of-way for communications lines and electric power lines to minimize storm and short-circuit hazards. Respnsibilities include:
* Climbs trees to reach branches interfering with wires and transmission towers, using climbing equipment.
* Prunes treetops, using saws or pruning shears.
* Repairs trees damaged by storm or lightning by trimming jagged stumps and painting them to prevent bleeding of sap.
* Removes broken limbs from wires, using hooked extension pole.
* Fells trees interfering with power service, using chain saw (portable power saw).
* May work from bucket of extended truck boom to reach limbs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists tree trimmer in clearing trees and branches that interfere with communication lines and electric power lines. Respnsibilities include:
* Hoists tools and equipment to tree trimmer and lowers branches with rope or block and tackle.
* Positions and steadies ladders.
* Saws and chops up branches, and loads debris, tree trunk and limbs on truck, using winch.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists tree trimmer in clearing trees and branches that interfere with communication lines and electric power lines. Respnsibilities include:
* Hoists tools and equipment to tree trimmer and lowers branches with rope or block and tackle.
* Positions and steadies ladders.
* Saws and chops up branches, and loads debris, tree trunk and limbs on truck, using winch.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cultivates lawns, using power aerator and thatcher and chemicals according to specifications. Respnsibilities include:
* Lifts dead leaves and grass from between growing grass and soil, using thatcher.
* Pierces soil to make holes for fertilizer and water, using aerator.
* Presses aerator fork into soil and pulls rake through grass to cultivate areas not accessible to machines.
* Distributes granulated fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides on lawn, using spreader.
* Records services rendered, materials used, and charges assessed on specified form.
* Transports thatcher, aerator, tools, and materials to and from job site, using truck with hydraulic lift-gate.
* May care for athletic field turf and be designated Athletic Turf Worker.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sprays herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides on trees, shrubs, and lawns, using hoses and truck-mounted tank. Respnsibilities include:
* Fills sprayer tank with water and chemicals according to formula, using hose or pump.
* Pulls spray hose from truck-mounted reel, turns knob, presses lever, and points nozzle selected according to job site characteristics, such as type of infestation, wind direction and velocity, plantings and terrain, to spray weeds, trees, shrubs, and lawns.
* Occasionally manipulates levers that control hydraulically powered, truck-mounted boom to position spray wands and release chemical solutions under pressure to spray ground areas.
* May use portable spray equipment.
* May grub out and burn infested bushes.
* May destroy diseased trees.
* May spray livestock with pesticides.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cuts away dead and excess branches from fruit, nut, and shade trees, using handsaws, pruning hooks and shears, and long-handled clippers.
* Applies tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces against insects.
* May use truck-mounted hydraulic lifts and pruners and power pruners.
* May climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work area.
* May specialize in pruning fruit trees and be designated Orchard Pruner.
* May prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by tree surgeon and be designated Tree-Surgeon Helper I.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects fields to detect presence of noxious insects and plant diseases, applying knowledge of identifying characteristics of insects and diseases. Respnsibilities include:
* Walks through fields, following standard sampling patterns, and examines plants at periodic intervals to detect presence of insects or diseases.
* Counts numbers of insects on examined plants or number of diseased plants within sample area.
* Records results of counts onto field worksheet.
* Collects samples of unidentifiable insects or diseased plants for identification by supervisor.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who moves soil, equipment, and materials, digs holes, and performs related duties to assist landscape gardener in landscaping grounds. Respnsibilities include:
* Digs holes for plants and trees, using pick and shovel.
* Mixes fertilizer or lime with dirt in bottom of holes to enrich soil, places plants or trees in holes, and adds dirt to fill holes.
* Attaches wires from planted trees to stakes to support trees.
* Hauls or spreads topsoil, using wheelbarrow and rake.
* Waters lawns, trees, and plants, using portable sprinkler system, hose, or watering can.
* Spreads straw over seeded soil to prevent movement of seed and soil.
* Builds forms for concrete borders, using lumber, hammer, and nails.
* Mixes and pours cement for garden borders.
* Places decorative stones and plants flowers in garden areas.
* Mows lawns, using power mower.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who hands or hoists tools and equipment to tree pruner or tree surgeon.
* Lowers pruned limbs and trunk sections, using ropes; sections limbs, using saw; and reduces sections to chips, using chipper.
* Rakes up debris and loads it on truck.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who provides harvest crews for farmers and directs, coordinates, and oversees crew activities, such as field hauling and threshing. Respnsibilities include:
* Contacts crop growers to ascertain time and method of harvesting.
* Inspects crops and fields to estimate acreage yield and determine loading requirements, land contours, road accessibility, and distances to storage or processing area.
* Prepares and submits bids to farmer to obtain harvest contract.
* Recruits, hires and orients crewmembers.
* Assigns workers to tasks involved in harvesting, loading, moving, and storing crops.
* Prepares and submits bids to farmers to provide work crews for farming activities, such as planting, pruning, and thinning fruit trees, setting posts, and weeding field crops.
* May supply, tend, adjust, and repair trucks and farm machines.
* May transport or arrange for transportation of workers.
* May be required to be licensed by state and federal authorities.
* May prepare production records and crew payroll.
* May be identified with crew activity as Contractor, Broomcorn Threshing; Contractor, Field Hauling.
Industry:Professional careers
