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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Fish Conservationist” 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%

“Fish Conservationist” 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%

“Fish Conservationist” 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

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

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

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

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.

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

  • Conduct literature reviews.

  • 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.

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