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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Wetland 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%

“Wetland 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%

“Wetland 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

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

  • 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.

  • Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.

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

  • 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.

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

  • Conduct literature reviews.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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