Tree Trimmer Trainee
Company: Wright Tree Service
Location: Denison
Posted on: September 14, 2023
Job Description:
Title: Groundworker
Type: Full-Time/Non-Exempt
Reports to: Crew Leader/General Foreperson
Essential Functions:
- Uses a chainsaw to cut brush, logs and stumps of larger trees.
Works from the ground using gasoline powered chainsaws.
- Loads and unloads trucks with logs, stumps, brush and debris
and/or feeds brush into a wood chipper. Will gathers brush and
carry to chipper area.
- Works around hazardous equipment.
- Works around excessive noise from machines, chainsaws, wood
chipper and must wear proper personal protective equipment.
- Is exposed to all temperatures and weather; will be exposed to
nature, i.e., irritating plants, biting or stinging insects, dust,
etc.
- May work on rough terrain.
- Helps enforce on-the-job safety practices for crew
members.
- Safeguards employees and public from hazards in and around the
work area. Cooperates with customer, police, and fire departments
when blocking streets or driveways. Sets up barriers, warning
signs, flags, etc. to protect employees as well as the public.
Trained to perform tree and bucket rescue.
- Applies herbicides and growth regulators to stumps and
brush.
- Drives a truck with an attached brush chipper or other trailing
unit such as trailer, etc.
- Keeps work area picked up and orderly.
- Carries and lays out tools and equipment at work site.
- Services truck, chipper and equipment, maintaining them in a
neat, clean, and specified mechanical order. Reports the need for
equipment and truck maintenance to crew lead.
- Performs other related duties as required or assigned.
Minimum Requirements:
- Must be able to wear necessary personal protective equipment
(PPE) as required.
- Needs to be able to enter and exit a vehicle numerous times per
day.
- Must be able to withstand exposure to all kinds of weather
while completing work tasks such as rain, heat, sun, cold,
snow.
- Must be able to write, read, and comprehend written and verbal
job instructions/information.
- Must be able to communicate with others and represent Wright
Tree Service in a professional manner.
- Possess the ability to lift, move, and maneuver up to 50 pounds
on an infrequent basis and up to 30 pounds on a frequent
basis.
- Ability to work long hours and overtime during emergencies
(including holidays, weekends, storm work) and will be subject to
call-out work.
- Ability to operate and service all required tools and
equipment.
- Must have valid driver's license and be able to pass a
pre-employment drug test.
- Maintain a herbicide applicator or operators certification and
license as required by Wright Tree Service and local, state, and
federal law.
- Must have valid First-Aid and CPR cards.
Wright Tree Service employment opportunities to all employees and
applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and
harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion,
age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected
veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local
laws.
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Keywords: Wright Tree Service, McKinney , Tree Trimmer Trainee, Other , Denison, Texas
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