A professional who plants, cultivates, and harvests evergreen trees on Christmas-tree farm. Respnsibilities include:

• Removes brush, ferns, and other growth from planting area, using mattock and brush-hook.
• Plants seedlings, using mattock or dibble.
• Scatters fertilizer pellets over planted areas by hand.
• Shears tops and limb tips from trees, using machete and pruning shears, to control growth, increase limb density, and improve shape.
• Selects trees for cutting according to markings or size, specie, and grade, and fells trees, using ax or chain saw.
• Drags cut trees from cutting area, and loads trees onto trucks.
• May be designated according to seasonal task performed.