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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”
- 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.
- Study animals in their natural habitats, assessing effects of environment and industry on animals, interpreting findings and recommending alternative operating conditions for industry.
- 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.
- Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.
- 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.
- Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.
- Raise specimens for study and observation or for use in experiments.
- Coordinate preventive programs to control the outbreak of wildlife diseases.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Compound binocular light microscopes
- Micrometers
- Benthic samplers
- Vernier calipers
- Axes
- Air compressors
- Notebook computers
- Safety glasses
- Egg candlers
- Sledgehammers
- Counting chambers
- Digital cameras
- Adjustable widemouth pliers
- Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
- Steam autoclaves
- Sieve buckets
- Clinometers
- Sweeping nets
- Radio telemetry equipment
- Field thermometers
- Salinity meters
- Jellyfish scoops
- Binoculars
- Plankton nets
- Laboratory funnels
- Boat trailers
- Laboratory beakers
- Stainless steel scalpel blades
- Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus SCUBA equipment
- Water sample collection containers
- Light traps
- D-ring nets
- Dropping pipettes
- Dart guns
- Dip net samplers
- Monopan balances
- Snowmobiles
- Water thermometers
- Mesh sieves
- Culvert traps
- Dissecting tools
- Compasses
- Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles
- Geodetic ground global positioning system GPS receivers
- Scintillation vials
- Hard hats
- Metric measuring tapes
- Archery bows
- Petri dishes
- Animal traps
- Sterilizing ovens
- pH meters
- Benchtop centrifuges
- Water samplers
- Small power boats
- Mist nets
- Climbing belts
- Laboratory forceps
- Specimen collection containers
- Dissecting microscopes
- Tree corers
- Volumeters
- 35 millimeter cameras
- Dataloggers
- Photomicroscopes
- Aerial nets
- Dust masks
- Bongo nets
- Personal computers
- Jet skis
- Tree top peeper and video probe systems
- Portable refractometers
- Laser printers
- Fish traps
- Flow meters
- Calorimeters
- All terrain vehicles ATV
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Compound microscopes
- Carbon dioxide CO2 monitors
- Seines
- Fume hoods
- Folsom plankton splitters
- Water pumps
- Rulers
- Snorkels
- Leather gloves
- Spotting scopes
- Foot snares
- Laser hypsometers
- Desktop computers
- Extension ladders
- Rubber rafts
- Two way radios
- Spectrometers
- Spring scales
- Drying ovens
- Canoes
- Laboratory balances
- Hand lenses
- Laboratory freezers
- Nitrile gloves
- Animal transmitters
- Gill nets
- Multiplate samplers
- Secchi disks
- Ekman dredges
- Odonata nets
- Conductivity meters
- Laboratory mechanical convection incubators
- Relational database software
- ESRI ArcView
- SAS
- HATPRO
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Office
- IBM Lotus 1-2-3
- Corel WordPerfect
- Database management software
- Microsoft Word
- Data entry software
- Email software
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Microsoft Excel
- Geographic information system GIS software
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Computer modeling software
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Access
- Statistical software
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Outlook