TREE MAINTENANCE WORKER, CALTRANS
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About The Position
Under the supervision of the Caltrans Tree Maintenance Supervisor, the Tree Maintenance Worker will trim, shape, and remove trees, and applies pesticides along transportation facility rights-of-way, and within in State facilities. The Tree Maintenance Worker will perform aerial rescue when required. The Tree Maintenance Worker may be assigned to other operational units and/or geographical areas as operational needs dictate, and may be required to work nights and/or weekends and possible overtime. The Overnight travel out of town up to 80 percent of time may be required in order to meet operational needs. The Caltrans Tree Maintenance Worker operates a variety of equipment including trucks, personnel hoists, brush chippers, and aerial equipment. The Tree Maintenance Worker performs heavy labor associated with tree work, climbs trees by means of ropes or spurs, utilizes safety belt and other required rigging, trims and removes limbs and branches, lower cut limbs and branches near utility lines, removes and trims fell and hazard trees. The Tree Maintenance Worker cuts brush along the state rights-of-way and at State facilities. The Tree Maintenance Worker uses power and hand saws, axes, wedges, pneumatic and hydraulic tools, and various similar power and hand tools, and maintains tree climbing and trimming equipment. The Caltrans Tree Maintenance Worker may operate and service highway maintenance equipment identified as Levels of Equipment for Caltrans Highway Maintenance Worker, Caltrans Equipment Operator I, and Caltrans Equipment Operator II. The Tree Maintenance Worker assists with traffic control duties such as setting up and execution of lane closures on two-lane and multi-lane highways, flagging operations, moving closures, and manned chain control. The Tree Maintenance Worker is required to properly set up signs, cones, barricades, message boards, and operate 2-way radios, and perform rock scaling activities as needed.
