TREE KING
Hiring · Pattison, Fulshear, Katy, Weston Lakes
Work at Tree King.
You did tree work before. The boss yelled, the pay came late, nobody taught you anything, and the trees got butchered. You left. Fair. This is the other kind of tree company. Read this page, then tell us your name and number. Lucas calls you himself.
What the work actually is
Tree work. Real work. You start on the ground: drag brush to the chipper, load the trailer, rake and blow a yard until it looks better than when we got there. It is hot in August and early in the morning all year. We will not pretend otherwise.
Here is what is different. You are taught. Every day on the job you learn something a tree company is supposed to know: why that cut goes outside the collar, why we do not touch a live oak in April, how to read a lean, how to tie the knot that holds a man. On your phone, in the Tree King Academy, in your language, with a quiz and points at the end of every lesson. In a year you know more about trees than most "arborists" in Houston.
And the boss knows trees. Lucas is a third-generation arborist who has done this since he was seven. He climbs, he runs the saw, he inspects every finished job himself. You are learning from the guy who is in the tree with you, not from somebody in a truck on the phone.
The ladder. Every rung is written down.
Nobody at Tree King is "the help." Every person is on a ladder with a name, lessons to pass, and sign-offs from Lucas in the field. You always know where you are and what gets you to the next rung. Pay goes up with the rung. Lucas tells you the numbers on the first call, not a web page.
Groundie
Day one. Drag, load, rake, chipper safety, PPE, the yard clean-up that gets us the review.
- Academy: chainsaw safety, chipper & bucket safety, Texas oak species
- Field sign-offs: PPE, chipper feed, knots 1
Climber
Rope and saddle. Rigging, lowering limbs, working a bucket, running the saw aloft.
- Academy: pruning fundamentals, oak wilt, rigging
- Field sign-offs: climb & descend, limb walk, rigging 1
Crew Lead
Runs a job start to finish without Lucas on site. Talks to the customer. Signs off the yard.
- Academy: talking to customers, estimates, job safety briefing
- Field sign-offs: lead a job, close a job, train a groundie
Arborist
ISA certification, paid for by Tree King when you are ready. Diagnoses, estimates, the whole trade.
- Academy: diagnosis, soils, fertilization, tree risk
- ISA arborist exam
Above the Arborist rung: the Tree King Certification, earned in the field.
What you get here that you did not get there
- Paid on time, every time. Pay day is pay day. It is the first promise and it is the one that matters most. Ask anyone who has worked here.
- A boss who does not yell. Mistakes get fixed and explained, not screamed about. If you are the kind of person who works harder for respect than for fear, you will like it here.
- The Academy. Lessons on your phone in English or Spanish, with quizzes and XP. The same knowledge an ISA arborist pays thousands for, free, because a crew that knows trees is the whole business.
- Nadya. Our AI office. She texts you your schedule and your job addresses, remembers what you have learned, and answers questions at 9 PM when the boss is asleep. You will have never worked anywhere like it.
- Real gear. Chaps, helmet with screen and ears, gloves, saddle when you climb. We do not send people up a tree in sneakers.
- A trade, not a job. Tree care pays better every year you know more. We are building a crew of a thousand. The people who start now run it later.
The rules. There are five.
- Safety over speed. Always.Nobody has ever been fired here for stopping a job to ask a question. People get fired for the opposite.
- The trees deserve better.No topping, no lion-tailing, no flush cuts, no live oaks in oak wilt season. You will learn why, and then you will refuse to do it even if a customer asks.
- Tell the truth.To the customer, to Lucas, to each other. A tree does not need work? Say so. You broke something? Say so. The truth is never punished here. Hiding it is.
- Sober on the job.Every day. Chainsaws and ropes do not forgive. No exceptions, no second conversation.
- Show up.On time, in your boots, ready. Everything else we can teach.
How it goes
- You leave your name and number below.Thirty seconds. Nothing else is required. Tell us about your last tree job if you want, or nothing at all.
- Lucas calls you.Not an office, not a form letter. The owner, usually the same day. The call is the whole interview: what you have done, what you want, when you can start.
- Trial day, paid the same day.You come out on a real job. You see how we work; we see how you work. You go home with cash in your hand either way.
- First week.Your login to Tree King BOSS, your first Academy lesson, Nadya says hello in your language, your gear. By Friday you know where you stand on the ladder.
Apply in 30 seconds
Name and phone. That is all. Lucas calls you. No résumé, no portal, no password.
Your number goes to Lucas and nobody else. Esta página en español.
Questions people ask
I have never done tree work. Can I apply?
Yes. Ground work is taught on the job and in the Academy. Showing up, listening and working hard matter more than experience on day one.
I only speak Spanish.
Fine. The Academy, the app and Nadya all work in Spanish. Lucas will get the call translated if he needs to. Lee esta página en español.
What does it pay?
Lucas tells you on the first call, by the day and by the rung on the ladder. It is paid on time, every time, and it goes up as you climb the ladder. We do not put numbers on a web page because every person starts in a different place.
Do I need my own truck or tools?
No. Tree King provides the gear and the truck. A driver's license and a way to get to the yard in Pattison help a lot.
Is it full time?
Tree work follows the weather and the season. Lucas is straight about hours on the call. People who prove themselves get the first call every morning.
What if I quit the last job on bad terms?
We do not call your last boss. We watch you work for a day. That is the reference.
Rather talk than type?
Call Lucas. Say you saw the Work at Tree King page.