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Job Description
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.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-1023.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 64,890.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 31.00
- Currently, there are 17,720 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists”.
Also Known As…
- Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
- Zoologist
- Wildlife Manager
- Wildlife Biologist
- Fishery Biologist
- Fisheries Biologist
- Fish and Wildlife Biologist
- Environmental Specialist
- Conservation Resources Management Biologist
- Assistant Research Scientist
- Aquatic Biologist
- Zookeeper
- Wildlife Technician
- Wildlife Program Manager
- Wildlife Health Specialist
- Wildlife Ecologist
- Wildlife Division Manager
- Wildlife Diversity Program Manager
- Wildlife Conservationist
- Threatened and Endangered Species Coordinator
- Terrestrial Ecologist
- Shark Biologist
- Protozoologist
- Ornithologist
- Nematologist
- Naturalist
- Migratory Game Bird Biologist
- Marine Scientist
- Marine Biologist
- Mammalogist
- Limnologist
- Lepidopterist
- Ichthyologist
- Herpetologist
- Hatchery Superintendant
- Game Management Assistant Chief
- Fisheries Management Biologist
- Fish Technologist
- Fish Culturist
- Fish Conservationist
- Fish Biologist
- Fish and Wildlife Scientific Aid
- Field Naturalist
- Ethologist
- Environmental Consultant
- Entomologist
- Ecologist
- Dolphin Researcher
- Cryptozoologist
- Black Bear Project Leader
- Behaviorist
- Animal Biologist
- Animal Behaviorist
Tasks for “Forest Service Wildlife Program Leader”
- 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.
- Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.
- Perform administrative duties such as fundraising, public relations, budgeting, and supervision of zoo staff.
- Study animals in their natural habitats, assessing effects of environment and industry on animals, interpreting findings and recommending alternative operating conditions for industry.
- Raise specimens for study and observation or for use in experiments.
- 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.
- Inform and respond to public regarding wildlife and conservation issues, such as plant identification, hunting ordinances, and nuisance wildlife.
- Make recommendations on management systems and planning for wildlife populations and habitat, consulting with stakeholders and the public at large to explore options.
- Organize and conduct experimental studies with live animals in controlled or natural surroundings.
- Coordinate preventive programs to control the outbreak of wildlife diseases.
- Oversee the care and distribution of zoo animals, working with curators and zoo directors to determine the best way to contain animals, maintain their habitats and manage facilities.
- Collect and dissect animal specimens and examine specimens under microscope.
- Study characteristics of animals, such as origin, interrelationships, classification, life histories and diseases, development, genetics, and distribution.
- Check for, and ensure compliance with, environmental laws, and notify law enforcement when violations are identified.
Related Technology & Tools
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- Animal traps
- Salinity meters
- Scintillation vials
- Secchi disks
- Steam autoclaves
- 35 millimeter cameras
- Axes
- Spotting scopes
- Carbon dioxide CO2 monitors
- Calorimeters
- Mist nets
- Dip net samplers
- Fume hoods
- Compasses
- Laser printers
- Dropping pipettes
- Air compressors
- Desktop computers
- Sterilizing ovens
- Rulers
- Multiplate samplers
- Micrometers
- Drying ovens
- Adjustable widemouth pliers
- Laboratory freezers
- Benchtop centrifuges
- Archery bows
- Laboratory forceps
- Conductivity meters
- Climbing belts
- Specimen collection containers
- Foot snares
- Personal computers
- Snorkels
- Laboratory beakers
- Tree corers
- Dust masks
- Spring scales
- Jet skis
- Water samplers
- Safety glasses
- Laser hypsometers
- Culvert traps
- Aerial nets
- Metric measuring tapes
- D-ring nets
- Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles
- Sledgehammers
- Laboratory funnels
- Water sample collection containers
- Snowmobiles
- Light traps
- Volumeters
- Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus SCUBA equipment
- Jellyfish scoops
- Field thermometers
- pH meters
- Monopan balances
- Two way radios
- Water thermometers
- Counting chambers
- Binoculars
- Spectrometers
- Animal transmitters
- Benthic samplers
- Tree top peeper and video probe systems
- Folsom plankton splitters
- Hard hats
- Gill nets
- Compound binocular light microscopes
- Petri dishes
- Extension ladders
- Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
- Canoes
- Geodetic ground global positioning system GPS receivers
- Dissecting microscopes
- Radio telemetry equipment
- Sieve buckets
- Ekman dredges
- Photomicroscopes
- Portable refractometers
- Compound microscopes
- Sweeping nets
- Leather gloves
- Notebook computers
- Fish traps
- Boat trailers
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- Laboratory mechanical convection incubators
- Vernier calipers
- Flow meters
- Laboratory balances
- All terrain vehicles ATV
- Rubber rafts
- Digital cameras
- Egg candlers
- Dissecting tools
- Clinometers
- Dart guns
- Hand lenses
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Bongo nets
- Plankton nets
- Seines
- Water pumps
- Dataloggers
- Nitrile gloves
- Small power boats
- Odonata nets
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