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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Herpetologist” 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%

“Herpetologist” 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%

“Herpetologist” 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

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

  • Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

  • Conduct literature reviews.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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