Tree Trimmer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Graduation from high school or equivalent
• 1 to 3 years experience in tree trimming, maintenance, and removal
• 3 months to 1 year experience in the use of aerial equipment in the removal of trees
• Or any equivalent combination of training and experience
• Considerable knowledge of tree pruning, treatment and removal methods and techniques.
• Considerable knowledge of the occupational hazards and safety precautions of the trade.
• Considerable knowledge of rigging methods and of the use and maintenance of the tools and equipment of the trade.
• Considerable knowledge of insects, parasites, and diseases which attack trees and of the proper methods of their control.
• Considerable knowledge of the insecticides, fungicides, disinfectants, and fertilizers customarily used in tree maintenance operations.
• Knowledge of tree growth and structure.
• Ability to climb and to do work at hazardous heights of 50 to 100 feet or more.
• Ability to supervise and direct work of others.
• Ability to take proper precautionary measures to prevent personal injury to self or others, and to safeguard property.
• Ability to express oneself clearly and concisely, orally, and in writing.
• Skill in the use and care of climber hooks, ropes, knots, and the tools and equipment commonly used in tree trimming, tree removal and tree surgery operations.
• Possession of a Connecticut Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with air brake endorsement.

Responsibilities

• Supervises and participates in the planting, transplanting, feeding, trimming, pruning, spraying, and removal of trees.
• Supervises and participates in tree climbing activities using ropes, cables, climber hooks, where feasible, awls, saws, chisels, mallets, axes, and other tools and equipment of the trade.
• Drives truck and operates aerial equipment.
• Performs tree surgery such as cleaning, preparing, sterilizing, and filling cavities, placing bolts and cables as necessary, removing superfluous foliage, dead, broken or dangerous branches, and trimming trees for clearance of overhead utility facilities.
• Supervises and participates in the grading and seeding of grass, the trimming of projecting tree roots; and in replacing curbs misplaced by tree maintenance operations.
• Supervises Tree Trimmers I and Groundsworker and takes all necessary precautions and safeguards to prevent injury to employees, the public, and property.
• Performs a wide variety of snow removal operations during winter.
• Performs related work as required.

Benefits

• City pension (contributing 9% of salary)
• Medical examination
• Drug screening