Job Overview
Looking for a career that keeps you active, outdoors, and making a real impact? Join our team as an Apprentice Tree Trimmer, where no two days are the same. You'll play a vital role in keeping our community safe and powered by maintaining clearances around electric utility lines, responding to storm restoration efforts, and helping protect the reliability of the electric system. Through a paid, hands-on apprenticeship program, you'll build specialized skills in tree care, equipment operation, and utility line clearance while working alongside experienced professionals. If you enjoy physical work, problem-solving, teamwork, and want a career with opportunities to grow, this is your chance to turn hard work into a rewarding profession.
Responsibilities
- Performs all of the duties required in the trimming and removal of trees, brush and weeds, and in controlling tree, brush and weed growth to obtain proper clearance for all types of utility lines, buildings, fences, grounds, rights-of-way, etc.
- Inspects and climbs trees for the purpose of trimming.
- Cuts and removes trees, stumps, brush, foliage.
- Trims trees and removes tree sections; making and using approved safety slings and lines, securing and arranging ropes for lowering heavy tree sections and limbs.
- Performs these duties by climbing trees and/or from a utility bucket truck.
- Operates and maintains hydraulic and other equipment used to install underground electrical cable.
- Assists line personnel; anticipates and responds to need for equipment and materials.
- Participates in storm and emergency-related assignments.
- Services equipment and facilities.
- Performs other similar and related work as assigned.
Requirements
- High School graduate or equivalent
- One year's experience as a groundsperson or an equivalent combination of relevant training or experience
- CDL Class A
- Must enroll in a BLP’s Department of Labor Apprentice Tree Trimmer training program and be able to progress through the program at a normal pace as defined by the BLP.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
- The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items of moderate to heavy weight. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception and peripheral vision.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an outdoor field work setting and will require the employee to work in adverse weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
- Must be physically fit and able to climb, lift, drag and carry 75 pounds, with frequent lifting, dragging, carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds.
Pay: $22.95 - $26.37 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k) 8% Match
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- On-the-job training
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Safety equipment provided
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- groundsperson: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
