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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Lepidopterist” 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%

“Lepidopterist” 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%

“Lepidopterist” 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.

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

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

  • Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.

  • Conduct literature reviews.

  • 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.

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

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

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

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