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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Aquarist” 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%

“Aquarist” 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%

“Aquarist” 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

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

  • 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.

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

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

  • Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.

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

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

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

  • Conduct literature reviews.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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  • Volumeters
  • Dust masks
  • Desktop computers
  • Field thermometers
  • Hard hats
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  • Gill nets
  • Light traps
  • Water pumps
  • Rulers
  • Carbon dioxide CO2 monitors
  • Climbing belts
  • Fume hoods
  • Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles
  • Water sample collection containers
  • Leather gloves
  • Laboratory mechanical convection incubators
  • Jellyfish scoops
  • Petri dishes
  • Ekman dredges
  • Sledgehammers
  • Multiplate samplers
  • 35 millimeter cameras
  • Jet skis
  • Laboratory freezers
  • Small power boats
  • Tree top peeper and video probe systems
  • Compound binocular light microscopes
  • Personal computers
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  • Boat trailers
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  • Animal traps
  • Spectrometers
  • Snowmobiles
  • Calorimeters
  • Binoculars
  • Tree corers
  • Mist nets
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  • Odonata nets
  • Egg candlers
  • Monopan balances
  • Specimen collection containers
  • Metric measuring tapes
  • Fish traps
  • Radio telemetry equipment
  • Sterilizing ovens
  • Steam autoclaves
  • Canoes
  • Archery bows
  • Portable refractometers
  • Benthic samplers
  • Folsom plankton splitters
  • Dissecting tools
  • Culvert traps
  • Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus SCUBA equipment
  • Extension ladders
  • Dip net samplers
  • Vernier calipers
  • Spring scales
  • Dissecting microscopes
  • Plankton nets
  • D-ring nets
  • Dart guns
  • Micrometers
  • Compasses
  • Stainless steel scalpel blades
  • Water samplers
  • Laboratory funnels
  • Counting chambers
  • Safety glasses
  • Laboratory beakers
  • Laser printers
  • Water thermometers
  • Compound microscopes
  • Animal transmitters
  • Adjustable widemouth pliers
  • Notebook computers
  • Axes
  • Digital cameras
  • Air compressors
  • All terrain vehicles ATV
  • Aerial nets
  • Drying ovens
  • Bongo nets
  • Seines
  • Rubber rafts
  • Sweeping nets
  • Laser hypsometers
  • Dataloggers
  • Laboratory balances
  • Nitrile gloves
  • Flow meters
  • Benchtop centrifuges
  • Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
  • Conductivity meters
  • Scintillation vials
  • Two way radios
  • Clinometers
  • Hand lenses
  • Dropping pipettes
  • Laboratory forceps
  • Snorkels
  • Mesh sieves
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Salinity meters
  • Spotting scopes

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