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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “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%

“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%

“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

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

  • Conduct literature reviews.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

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

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