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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Marine 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%

“Marine 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%

“Marine 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

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

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

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

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

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

  • 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.

  • Conduct literature reviews.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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