Job Description:

• 1) Cuts away dead and excess branches from fruit, nut, and shade trees, using handsaws, pruning hooks and shears, and long-handled clippers.

• 2) Applies tar or other protective substances to cut surfaces to seal surfaces against insects.

• 3) May use truck-mounted hydraulic lifts and pruners and power pruners.

• 4) May climb trees, using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to gain access to work area.

• 5) May specialize in pruning fruit trees and be designated Orchard Pruner.

• 6) May prune, cut down, fertilize, and spray trees as directed by TREE SURGEON and be designated Tree-Surgeon Helper I.