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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Entomologist” 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%

“Entomologist” 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%

“Entomologist” 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

  • 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.

  • Conduct literature reviews.

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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