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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Forest Wildlife Biologist” 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%

“Forest Wildlife Biologist” 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%

“Forest Wildlife Biologist” 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

  • 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.

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

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

  • Conduct literature reviews.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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