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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Conservation Biologist” 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%

“Conservation Biologist” 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%

“Conservation Biologist” 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

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

  • Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

  • Conduct literature reviews.

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

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

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

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