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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

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

  • Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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