Arborist

Positions we are currently hiring for as of 8/1/26?

• Sales Arborist
• Production Arborist Apprentice (climb/lift/rig, prune/remove, etc.) - Skilled/Unskilled
• PHC Arborist

Hiring focus currently: 1 Production Arborist with experience and 1 PHC Arborist. Sales Arborists may submit resumes to be referenced first when a position needs to be staffed - Get on our list!

Overview

Crawford Tree & Landscape, a VC & PE free company, providing tree and estate care since 1969, is currently adding to our team of about 45 (fully staffed) by onboarding skilled or even aspiring Plant Health Care arborists, and/or climbing (production) arborists, even Sales Arborists.

Do you want to work with a company that hires and retains quality staff, holds a high standard through proper training, gives you detailed and clear tasks, and even cares about your quality of life outside of work?

As a member of our team, you will also enjoy working on some of the most beautiful properties in the North Shore and along Lake Michigan, all while benefiting from the SAFE and KNOWLEDGE BASED work environment we are proud to have built here. Our staff is enthusiastic, productive, loyal, and always encouraging one another to grow personally AND as industry professionals.

Simply submit a resume here on Indeed ( or via email to jonwelch@crawfordtree.com ) to start the journey by meeting our staff and touring our facility…. this post can’t tell our story!

If you want to privately inquire due to current employment, simply text questions to 262-720-6086

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Duties

• Skilled or aspiring PHC Arborists: From the end of April to October each year you will execute, full time, foliar product applications, trunk injections (macro & micro), soil injections, and air excavation services. Then, you have these three options in fall/winter: 1) Tree Production (pruning/removal/supplemental support/grinding) and snow removal, 2) snow removal and layoff, or 3) layoff only
• Skilled Production (climbing/lift) Arborists: Climbing, aerial lift use, rigging, chipping, raking at times (we are a team), driving, mini loader and power rotating grapple operation, stump grinding, pruning, removals, supplemental support installation (cabling and bolts), etc.
• Sales Arborists: Meet with clients and leads, educate them, create then send and close Proposals, create Work Order Packets, meet with crews, and answer crew/operations/billing questions.
• Unskilled, or Arborist Apprentices: Those new to the tree care industry have options at CTL. We use MATC, the federal apprenticeship program, and our own in-house Tree Ground Operations program along with other curriculum created in-house to grow you and expose you to all that is tree care!

Qualifications We Like To See

• Experience climbing and rigging while aloft
• Valid WI Driver's License
• Insurable driving record
• Ability to pass a hair follicle (not urine) drug test (goes back 90 days)
• Other helpful qualifications: 2 or 4-year related degree, Journeyworker graduate, ISA Certified Arborist, TRAQ, CTSP, 3.0 license, CDL, etc.

To Consider

• Is your current employer providing work year-round for you? Why not?
• There is no dead end Private Equity or Venture Capital ownership here, just a local team keeping and spending money, locally, and on YOU
• Looking for regular year-round hours, and work schedule predictability, but with some flexibility when life happens?
• Is your current company leaning on their past success, full of excuses, or slowing down?
• Do you want to use the best PHC equipment around? PROVEN industry leading PHC equipment (Per TCI magazine)
• Sales Arborists! When crews are trained and as organized as ours, it's much easier to sell!

Benefits

• Holiday pay
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• No interest loans (payroll advances)
• Wellness Benefits (for health/vision/dental)
• Continuing Education funds (and assistance with qualifying postsecondary education tuition)
• WAA and TCIA Conference attendance
• Employer matching IRA (retirement)
• Real training using written (and regularly updated!) curriculum developed in-house
• PPE, Arborwear uniforms, and annual an Arborwear stipend
• Year-round work (snow or no snow!)
• Snow removal pays $42/hour, any position
• Highly detailed Work Orders sent to you the night before, educated and experienced sales arborists, and a huge team of mechanics, Department Leaders, and additional logistics staff to support your daily success here!

Compensation

• Varies widely and is ALWAYS competitive, based on YOUR skillset and contributions, knowledge, certification level, and ATTITUDE of course!

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $15.00 - $100.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Opportunities for advancement
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Safety equipment provided
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• Will you pass a pre-employment drug test (hair follicle, goes back 90 days)? (skipping this question disqualifies you)
• Please list the zip code you live in today, at the time of this application. (skipping this question disqualifies you)
• Which role are you looking for? PHC or Production/climbing/lift work? Please read our descriptions then indicted only one (skipping this question disqualifies you).
• Do you drive, daily, a vehicle titled in your name? (skipping this question disqualifies you)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $15 - $100