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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Fisheries and Wildlife Biological Scientist” 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%

“Fisheries and Wildlife Biological Scientist” 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%

“Fisheries and Wildlife Biological Scientist” 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

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

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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