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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Wildlife Technician (Wildlife Tech)” 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 Technician (Wildlife Tech)” 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 Technician (Wildlife Tech)” 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.

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.

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

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

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

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

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