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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Naturalist” 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%

“Naturalist” 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%

“Naturalist” 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

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

  • 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.

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

  • Conduct literature reviews.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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