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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Animal Behaviorist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #240 of 702. Estimated risk: 30.0%

Directly assessed by researchers as unlikely to be automatable
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AI Exposure Risk

51%

“Animal Behaviorist” will maybe be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 51% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

41%

“Animal Behaviorist” will probably not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 41% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Study the origins, behavior, diseases, genetics, and life processes of animals and wildlife. May specialize in wildlife research and management. May collect and analyze biological data to determine the environmental effects of present and potential use of land and water habitats.

Avg. Annual Salary $77,920
Avg. Hourly Wage $37.46
Available Jobs (US) 16,920
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists #19-1023
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Disseminate information by writing reports and scientific papers or journal articles, and by making presentations and giving talks for schools, clubs, interest groups and park interpretive programs.

  • Check for, and ensure compliance with, environmental laws, and notify law enforcement when violations are identified.

  • Conduct literature reviews.

  • Collect and dissect animal specimens and examine specimens under microscope.

  • Coordinate preventive programs to control the outbreak of wildlife diseases.

  • Develop, or make recommendations on, management systems and plans for wildlife populations and habitat, consulting with stakeholders and the public at large to explore options.

  • Inform and respond to public regarding wildlife and conservation issues, such as plant identification, hunting ordinances, and nuisance wildlife.

  • Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.

  • Perform administrative duties, such as fundraising, public relations, budgeting, and supervision of zoo staff.

  • Organize and conduct experimental studies with live animals in controlled or natural surroundings.

  • Prepare collections of preserved specimens or microscopic slides for species identification and study of development or disease.

  • Study animals in their natural habitats, assessing effects of environment and industry on animals, interpreting findings and recommending alternative operating conditions for industry.

  • Study characteristics of animals, such as origin, interrelationships, classification, life histories, diseases, development, genetics, and distribution.

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

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  • Boat trailers
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  • Laser hypsometers
  • Petri dishes
  • Archery bows
  • Plankton nets
  • Laboratory freezers
  • Jet skis
  • Laser printers
  • Laboratory balances
  • Water pumps
  • Two way radios
  • Secchi disks
  • Compound microscopes
  • Canoes
  • Folsom plankton splitters
  • Mesh sieves
  • Steam autoclaves
  • Spectrometers
  • Fume hoods
  • Light traps
  • Metric measuring tapes
  • Tree corers
  • Notebook computers
  • Laboratory funnels
  • Rubber rafts
  • Fish traps
  • Dart guns
  • Laboratory forceps
  • Compasses
  • Dissecting tools
  • Ekman dredges
  • Tree top peeper and video probe systems
  • Volumeters
  • Water samplers
  • Leather gloves
  • Counting chambers
  • Specimen collection containers
  • Climbing belts
  • Sieve buckets
  • Rulers
  • Extension ladders
  • Radio telemetry equipment
  • Dataloggers
  • Scintillation vials
  • Hand lenses
  • Seines
  • Air compressors
  • Portable refractometers
  • Adjustable widemouth pliers
  • Safety glasses
  • Stainless steel scalpel blades
  • Egg candlers
  • Spotting scopes
  • Sledgehammers
  • Drying ovens
  • Water thermometers
  • Small power boats
  • Foot snares
  • Multiplate samplers
  • Axes
  • Digital cameras
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Dip net samplers
  • Bongo nets
  • Culvert traps
  • Hard hats
  • Geodetic ground global positioning system GPS receivers
  • Flow meters
  • Spring scales
  • Photomicroscopes
  • Dropping pipettes
  • Aerial nets
  • pH meters
  • Field thermometers
  • Personal computers
  • Compound binocular light microscopes
  • Binoculars
  • Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
  • D-ring nets
  • Animal transmitters
  • Conductivity meters
  • Benthic samplers
  • Desktop computers
  • Salinity meters
  • Benchtop centrifuges
  • Sweeping nets
  • Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus SCUBA equipment
  • Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles
  • Dust masks
  • Laboratory beakers
  • Snorkels
  • Snowmobiles
  • Odonata nets
  • Dissecting microscopes
  • Vernier calipers
  • 35 millimeter cameras
  • Clinometers
  • Jellyfish scoops
  • Laboratory mechanical convection incubators
  • Micrometers
  • Water sample collection containers
  • Gill nets
  • All terrain vehicles ATV
  • Calorimeters
  • Animal traps

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