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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Field Naturalist” 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%

“Field Naturalist” 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%

“Field Naturalist” 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.

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

  • 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.

  • Conduct literature reviews.

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

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

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

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

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