Tree surgeon jobs in Finland
Tree surgeons maintain trees. They use heavy machinery to prune and cut trees. Tree surgeons are often required to climb the trees to perform maintenance.
Tree surgeon – how much is the pay in Finland?
What the trade paid in 2024
| Median | 13.99 €/h |
|---|---|
| Bottom tenth | 10.65 €/h |
| Top tenth | 19.84 €/h |
| Employees | 8,382 |
Pay by sex, 2024
| Sex | Median | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 13.89 €/h | 4,149 |
| Men | 14.07 €/h | 4,233 |
Tree surgeon - Which skills are essential?
Provide advice to organisations and private persons on planting trees and tree safety. Investigate current conservation and tree management projects.
Retract trees and big branches complying with health and safety regulations
Evaluate risks and hazards, perform efficient actions in order to minimize risks and to restore the trees to their orginal state or to replant new ones.
Remove some trees from a stand in order to improve tree health, timber value and production.
Calculate the expected loads the rigging will be exposed to. Select compatible components to make up the rigging system and choose the position of anchor points for rigging components. Take into account the expected load and the positions of the ground crew, other anchor points, equipment, planned drop zone, and processing area. Remove lower tree sections using suitable cuts, minimising shock loading in the rigging system.
Operate mechanical chainsaw powered by electricity, compressed air or gasoline.
Preserve trees taking into account the health and conditions of the tree(s) and plans for preservation and conservation of the area. This includes the cutting of trees or branches on trees applying knowlege of the biology of the tree.
Environmental requirements for tree preservation and conservation.
Execute disease and pest control activities using conventional or biological methods taking into account the climate, plant or crop type, health and safety and environmental regulations. Store and handle pesticides in accordance with recomandation and legislation.
Ascend and descend from trees in a safely manner.
Take necessary precautions and follow a set of measures that assess, prevent and tackle risks when working at a high distance from the ground. Prevent endangering people working under these structures and avoid falls from ladders, mobile scaffolding, fixed working bridges, single person lifts etc. since they may cause fatalities or major injuries.
Tree surgeon - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Identify diseased or undesirable trees. Remove them using power saws or hand saws.
Take all relevant measurements of a tree: use a clinometer to gauge the height, tape to measure the circumference, and increment borers and bark gauges to estimate the growth rate.
Monitor trees for pests and diseases, aiming to improve their health.
Identify trees to fell and position machine to fell trees in the required direction, in both clear-fell and thinning.
Cut trees or parts of trees to clear the public access and electrical cables.
Carry out tree inspections and surveys.
Strive to conserve and restore forest structures, biodiversity and ecological functions.
Check forestry equipment to make sure that it is in working order.
Fell trees safely and effectively to specification.
Estimate damage in case of accidents or natural disasters.
Select the appropriate felling method for the tree size and condition. Adhere to the given specification.
The ecosystems existing in a forest, starting from bacteria to trees and soil types.
Plant, fertilise and trim trees, shrubs and hedges. Examine trees to assess their condition and determine treatment. Work to eradicate insects, fungus and diseases which are harmful to trees, assist with prescribed burning, and work on preventing erosion.
Assist in the development and improvement of techniques for measuring and identifying trees. Obtain and use various sources of information to accurately identify and name trees, use tree characteristics to aid identification, identify tree species in all seasons.
Collect information on tree populations in the forest. Look out for disease and insect destruction, mortality, and fire hazards.
Operate various forest instruments such as skidders, bulldozers to pull scarification or site preparation equipment over forest areas to be regenerated.