Tree Trimmers and Pruners

64% (High Risk)

High Risk (61-80%): Jobs in this category face a significant threat from automation, as many of their tasks can be easily automated using current or near-future technologies.

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Sentiment

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Wages

Low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Tree Trimmers and Pruners' was $49,070, or $23 per hour

'Tree Trimmers and Pruners' were paid 2.1% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

Comments

j 9 months ago

all they have to do is write laws that say you have to have x type of trees within x amount of feet of the road/driveway whatever. these requirements will start with all new developments and over time every one will be brought into compliance. Its not just about making robots that can do everything, its about restricting your liberties to that which robots can control. It's already under way with all these tyrannical policies that "no one thinks is a big deal" and the people who resist them are called extremists....

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Michael Wahlberg (Low) 9 months ago

There are many parameters to consider; shape, balance, season. These parts can be facilitated with AI, but then going around and cutting in the right places is less likely, in that case, a robot should be designed like a spider or something similar.

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SineEyed (No chance) 2 years ago

Tree trimming, as a task, is too complex, dynamic, and nuanced for a machine to accomplish in the foreseeable future. AI or autonomous machines could likely perform any of the multitudes of tasks that comprise tree work as a whole, but only if it performs them individually. Purchasing a separate machine to handle each of the 1000 tasks that need to get done to finish a job is not a viable option. The complexity involved in developing machines that could combine many functions, such that a larger percentage of the sum total of tasks is accomplished by a single unit, would drive the cost of such a machine beyond what any company owner would be willing to pay.

In my opinion, the realistic risk of automation in this occupation is 0%.

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Michael (Low) 2 years ago

Would need to be ninja robots. Incredible balance, strength and agility to climb through a canopy.

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