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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

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

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

  • Conduct literature reviews.

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

  • 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.

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.

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

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