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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Wildlife Conservationist” 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%

“Wildlife Conservationist” 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%

“Wildlife Conservationist” 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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 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.

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

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

  • Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

  • 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.

  • Conduct literature reviews.

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

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