The Collar360

Arboriculturist

Other names

arborist, arboretum worker, arboriculture specialist, tree climber, climber, arboriculturists

Forestry and trees

They look after trees, climbing them to cut dead or extra branches and using saws and other tools to trim and shape them.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Operate boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, power saws, trucks, sprayers, and other equipment and tools.

  2. 2

    Cut away dead and excess branches from trees, or clear branches around power lines, using climbing equipment or buckets of extended truck booms, or chainsaws, hooks, handsaws, shears, and clippers.

  3. 3

    Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment.

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Sources

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
arboriculteur/arboricultrice
español
arboricultor/arboricultora
العربية
زارع الأشجار / زارعة الأشجار
português
Arboricultor/Arboricultora
Deutsch
Arborist/Arboristin
italiano
arboricoltore/arboricoltrice

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