Career Details

Tree Climbing

Description

Hands-on climbing training is designed to provide first-time and experienced climbers with the necessary skills to safely access, move about, work in and descend from conifer and hardwood trees. A minimum of three full days of intensive training and practice provide climbers the opportunity to observe, and perform a variety of climbing techniques needed to perform their intended program of work. Tools and equipment necessary for each task are also thoroughly explained and explored. Whether it is cone collection, nest box installation, canopy research or anything in between, our master climber/instructors have the experience and skills, and are willing and able to teach you what you need to know. By the end of the training session, all climbers must be able to demonstrate proficiency in basic minimum climbing techniques, knot tying and aerial rescue in order to obtain certification. Additional methods specific to your climbing needs also require demonstrated proficiency prior to receiving certification in each respective area. Unless terminated sooner, certification is valid for a period of 3 years. [See Section 18 of FSH 6709.12 for levels of certification]. Customized training sessions, tailored exclusively to your particular needs, and at your location, are also possible.

Certifying Organization

Forest Service

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Certificates

Certificate name

Certified Treecare Safety Specialist

Certifying Organization

Tree Care Industry Association

Type

Core

Certificate name

Certified Arborist

Certifying Organization

International Society of Arboriculture

Type

Core

Certificate name

Certified Tree Worker/Tree Climber Specialist

Certifying Organization

International Society of Arboriculture

Type

Specialty

Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers

Median Annual Income

$37,360

Projected Job Growth

+5 %

Career Cluster(s)

Hospitality, Events, & Tourism

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Landscape or maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Workers typically perform a variety of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, sprinkler installation, and installation of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units.

RealisticConventional

Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation

Median Annual Income

$44,070

Projected Job Growth

+5 %

Career Cluster(s)

Agriculture

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Mix or apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides through sprays, dusts, vapors, soil incorporation, or chemical application on trees, shrubs, lawns, or crops. Usually requires specific training and state or federal certification.

RealisticConventional

Agricultural Equipment Operators

Median Annual Income

$39,690

Projected Job Growth

+8 %

Career Cluster(s)

Agriculture

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Drive and control equipment to support agricultural activities such as tilling soil; planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops; feeding and herding livestock; or removing animal waste. May perform tasks such as crop baling or hay bucking. May operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks such as husking, shelling, threshing, and ginning.

RealisticConventional

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Median Annual Income

$34,470

Projected Job Growth

-2 %

Career Cluster(s)

Agriculture

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.

RealisticConventional

Forest and Conservation Workers

Median Annual Income

$33,940

Projected Job Growth

-4 %

Career Cluster(s)

Agriculture

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Under supervision, perform manual labor necessary to develop, maintain, or protect areas such as forests, forested areas, woodlands, wetlands, and rangelands through such activities as raising and transporting seedlings; combating insects, pests, and diseases harmful to plant life; and building structures to control water, erosion, and leaching of soil. Includes forester aides, seedling pullers, tree planters, and gatherers of nontimber forestry products such as pine straw.

RealisticConventional

Fallers

Median Annual Income

$53,170

Projected Job Growth

-8 %

Career Cluster(s)

Agriculture

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Use axes or chainsaws to fell trees using knowledge of tree characteristics and cutting techniques to control direction of fall and minimize tree damage.

RealisticConventional

Logging Equipment Operators

Median Annual Income

$48,240

Projected Job Growth

-4 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Drive logging tractor or wheeled vehicle equipped with one or more accessories, such as bulldozer blade, frontal shear, grapple, logging arch, cable winches, hoisting rack, or crane boom, to fell tree; to skid, load, unload, or stack logs; or to pull stumps or clear brush. Includes operating stand-alone logging machines, such as log chippers.

RealisticConventional

Construction Laborers

Median Annual Income

$45,300

Projected Job Growth

+8 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Perform tasks involving physical labor at construction sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, and clean up rubble, debris, and other waste materials. May assist other craft workers.

RealisticConventional

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators

Median Annual Income

$56,160

Projected Job Growth

+4 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. May repair and maintain equipment in addition to other duties.

RealisticConventionalInvestigative

Highway Maintenance Workers

Median Annual Income

$47,360

Projected Job Growth

+4 %

Career Cluster(s)

Supply Chain & Transportation

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement and repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. May also mow or clear brush from along road, or plow snow from roadway.

RealisticConventional