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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
- 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
- Forest Service Wildlife Program Leader
- 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 “Zookeeper”
- 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.
- Prepare collections of preserved specimens or microscopic slides for species identification and study of development or disease.
- Study characteristics of animals, such as origin, interrelationships, classification, life histories and diseases, development, genetics, and distribution.
- Coordinate preventive programs to control the outbreak of wildlife diseases.
- Perform administrative duties such as fundraising, public relations, budgeting, and supervision of zoo staff.
- Make recommendations on management systems and planning for wildlife populations and habitat, consulting with stakeholders and the public at large to explore options.
- Inform and respond to public regarding wildlife and conservation issues, such as plant identification, hunting ordinances, and nuisance wildlife.
- Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.
- 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.
- 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.
- Collect and dissect animal specimens and examine specimens under microscope.
- Check for, and ensure compliance with, environmental laws, and notify law enforcement when violations are identified.
- Raise specimens for study and observation or for use in experiments.
- Organize and conduct experimental studies with live animals in controlled or natural surroundings.
Related Technology & Tools
- Hard hats
- Small power boats
- Axes
- Rulers
- Water thermometers
- Laser hypsometers
- Dissecting microscopes
- Carbon dioxide CO2 monitors
- Benthic samplers
- Gill nets
- Flow meters
- Multiplate samplers
- Sweeping nets
- Safety glasses
- Field thermometers
- Vernier calipers
- Plankton nets
- Nitrile gloves
- Personal computers
- Notebook computers
- Stainless steel scalpel blades
- Counting chambers
- Compound microscopes
- Benchtop centrifuges
- Tree corers
- Desktop computers
- Two way radios
- Compasses
- Boat trailers
- Climbing belts
- Hand lenses
- Dip net samplers
- Dust masks
- Digital cameras
- Air compressors
- Sieve buckets
- Archery bows
- Aerial nets
- Sterilizing ovens
- Animal transmitters
- Seines
- Scintillation vials
- Spectrometers
- Laboratory mechanical convection incubators
- Photomicroscopes
- Light traps
- Specimen collection containers
- pH meters
- Jet skis
- Binoculars
- Dissecting tools
- Snowmobiles
- Water pumps
- Laboratory beakers
- Mist nets
- Foot snares
- Compound binocular light microscopes
- Leather gloves
- Steam autoclaves
- Dataloggers
- Volumeters
- Geodetic ground global positioning system GPS receivers
- Mesh sieves
- Adjustable widemouth pliers
- Bongo nets
- Tree top peeper and video probe systems
- Micrometers
- Spring scales
- Laboratory balances
- Monopan balances
- Dart guns
- D-ring nets
- Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
- 35 millimeter cameras
- Laboratory funnels
- Folsom plankton splitters
- Fume hoods
- All terrain vehicles ATV
- Water sample collection containers
- Extension ladders
- Snorkels
- Water samplers
- Portable refractometers
- Odonata nets
- Radio telemetry equipment
- Conductivity meters
- Sledgehammers
- Drying ovens
- Canoes
- Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus SCUBA equipment
- Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles
- Culvert traps
- Spotting scopes
- Animal traps
- Salinity meters
- Fish traps
- Laser printers
- Secchi disks
- Rubber rafts
- Clinometers
- Ekman dredges
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Metric measuring tapes
- Calorimeters
- Jellyfish scoops
- Petri dishes
- Egg candlers
- Laboratory freezers
- Dropping pipettes
- Laboratory forceps
- Corel WordPerfect
- ESRI ArcView
- SAS
- Microsoft Excel
- Statistical software
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Outlook
- Relational database software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Geographic information system GIS software
- Web browser software
- Database management software
- Spreadsheet software
- Data entry software
- Email software
- HATPRO
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
- IBM Lotus 1-2-3
- Microsoft Project
- Computer modeling software
- Microsoft Office