Arborist Technician Natural Resources and Lands Management – SFPUC (3434) – (162680)

Under general supervision performs duties involving the maintenance and removal of trees and other vegetation and performs related duties as required. The essential functions of this class include climbing up trees and/or using aerial lift equipment to reach dead damaged or unwanted limbs or tree tops for removal and pruning or for purposes of complete tree removal; performing various types of rigging with cranes skitters tractors and other heavy equipment; preparing brush for disposal operating chipper and driving aerial lift equipment vehicles heavy loader trucks or other required vehicles. Nature of the work involves exposure to a high risk of physical injury to the employee and constant vigilance to public safety. Positions in this job code require considerable physical demands manual dexterity with frequent exposure to arduous and disagreeable working conditions including inclement weather.

Essential Functions:

1. Assesses and evaluates condition of trees and other vegetation; maintains tree inventories.

2. Climbs trees and removes dead diseased or otherwise damaged or unwanted limbs or tree tops; prunes fells and cuts up trees; piles trimmings for pick up and disposal.

3. Performs various types of rigging in connection with this work; operates chain and hand saws aerial ladder truck chipper and other equipment.

4. Drives heavy equipment.

5. Performs related duties as assigned.

Nature of the work:

This work involves exposure to a high risk of physical injury to the employee and constant vigilance to public safety. Positions in this job code require considerable physical demands manual dexterity with frequent exposure to arduous and disagreeable working conditions including inclement weather.

Qualifications :

Education: Possession of a high school diploma or equivalent (GED or High School Proficiency Examination).

Experience:  Three (3) years of verified journey-level experience as a tree work professional. Duties must have included climbing trees of considerable height for the purpose of removing tree limbs treetops or entire tree in accordance with safety standards. Experience in pruning trees from a ladder is not qualifying experience.;

AND;

License and Certification:

Possession of a valid California Class C drivers license at the time of application; AND

Possession of a valid California Class B drivers license with no air brakes restriction is required upon completion of the probationary period.

Substitution: Successful completion of an Arborist Technician Apprenticeship Program approved and registered with the California Division of Apprenticeship Standards.

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

Desirable Qualifications: The stated desirable qualifications may be considered at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.

1. Possession of Class B license AND

2. Possession of Arborist Technician certification through the International Society of Arboriculture or ability to obtain certification within 18 months of appointment.

Verification of Education and Experience:

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. Education verification information on verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency can be found at Falsifying ones education training or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

All work experience education training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application. Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

Safety Sensitive Position Requirements: The City and County of San Franciscos Substance Abuse Policy in compliance with the Department of Transportation Omnibus Transportation Employer Testing Act of 1991 employing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) regulations requires drug and alcohol testing for employees in safety-sensitive positions. This Class 3434 Arborist Technician position qualifies as safety-sensitive as defined by the FMCSA and FTA regulations. The selected applicants for safety-sensitive positions will be required to pass a Pre-Employment drug test prior to appointment and shall be subject to Random Post-Accident Reasonable Suspicion Return-To-Duty and Follow-Up testing during employment. Prior to appointment to an FMCSA safety-sensitive position each applicant who has participated in a DOT drug and alcohol testing program within the immediately preceding three (3) years will be required to sign a consent form authorizing the City to contact his/her prior employers concerning his/her drug and alcohol test history. 

Additional Information :

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit and begin the application process.

• Select the Apply Now button and follow instructions on the screen

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and therefore it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and updated. Also applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and @).

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

Job Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process please contact the job analyst at

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex race age religion color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition (associated with cancer a history of cancer or genetic characteristics) HIV/AIDS status genetic information marital status sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression military and veteran status or other protected category under the law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time