Tree Surgeon II

Make a difference in the community you live in! As a Community Builder—an employee with the City of Gainesville— you will have a direct hand in building and improving your community and making a visible impact on the lives of your neighbors. Working for local government is more than a job, it’s a chance to contribute to community success and to help enhance the Gainesville way of life.

Job Description:

SUMMARY

This is skilled maintenance work in the care and maintenance of trees and foliage.

Positions allocated to this classification report to a designated supervisor and work under limited supervision. Work in this class is distinguished from higher classes by its lack of supervisory responsibilities and from lower classes by its application of more comprehensive knowledge in tree care and maintenance.

EXAMPLES OF WORK

This section of the job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities of the position.  The omission of a specific job function does not absolve an employee from being required to perform additional tasks incidental to or inherent in the job.  Performance of lower-level duties may be required.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Climbs trees. Removes dead, broken, misshapen and undesired branches using hand and power chain saws, hydraulic circular saws, wedges, mallets, axes and other tools. Lowers removed portions to ground with ropes.

Removes over-hanging branches and split or broken limbs.

Performs trimming and pruning operations from a bucket truck.

Trims and prunes trees following pruning standards of the National Arborist Association.

Completely removes hazardous trees.

Trims and digs out protruding tree roots.

Operates woodchipper to dispose of tree limbs and branches.

Operates stump grinder.

Uses and maintains hand and power tools, ropes and safety equipment.

Drives and operates tree truck and clamshell truck.

Must respond to afterhours emergency callouts.

May perform field work under and/or near electrical service and high voltage lines.

Assures all appropriate safety procedures are followed on work sites.

Attends work on continuous and regular basis.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Graduation from high school or possession of an acceptable equivalency diploma and three years’ experience in the care and trimming of trees and in the use of related tools and equipment.

CERTIFICATIONS OR LICENSES

Licenses

A CDL instructional permit may be required at the time of appointment and a CDL License may be required within six months of date of appointment (depending on job assignment and work location). *

or

A CDL License may be required at the time of appointment (depending on job assignment and work location). *

* Information on whether or not a CDL license (and which class: A, B, or C) is required, will be provided by the hiring department based on the specific vehicle(s) which may be required to be driven in the particular job assignment.

Note: CDL-classified vehicles which are not driven on public roadways do not require a CDL license.

Certifications

NONE