Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Tasks Include:
- Study animals in their natural habitats, assessing effects of environment and industry on animals, interpreting findings and recommending alternative operating conditions for industry.
- Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.
- Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.
- 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.
- Study characteristics of animals, such as origin, interrelationships, classification, life histories, diseases, development, genetics, and distribution.
- Perform administrative duties, such as fundraising, public relations, budgeting, and supervision of zoo staff.
- Inform and respond to public regarding wildlife and conservation issues, such as plant identification, hunting ordinances, and nuisance wildlife.
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Education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone:
Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$67,430.00
State
$66,850.00
Regional
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Description
Career Cluster: | Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources |
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.
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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 57.21%
- Master's Degree = 39.98%
- Post-Doctoral Training = 2.80%
Related Work Experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 40.93%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 21.44%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 18.75%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 7.67%
- Over 10 years = 6.88%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 4.33%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 21.94%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 19.32%
- None = 18.74%
- Up to and including 1 month = 11.92%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 11.28%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 9.68%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 7.14%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 28.80%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 27.68%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 14.08%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 9.11%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 6.88%
- None or short demonstration = 6.31%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 4.33%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 2.80%
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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Study animals in their natural habitats, assessing effects of environment and industry on animals, interpreting findings and recommending alternative operating conditions for industry.
- Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.
- Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.
- 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.
- Study characteristics of animals, such as origin, interrelationships, classification, life histories, diseases, development, genetics, and distribution.
- Perform administrative duties, such as fundraising, public relations, budgeting, and supervision of zoo staff.
- Inform and respond to public regarding wildlife and conservation issues, such as plant identification, hunting ordinances, and nuisance wildlife.
- Check for, and ensure compliance with, environmental laws, and notify law enforcement when violations are identified.
- 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.
- Conduct literature reviews.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Organize and conduct experimental studies with live animals in controlled or natural surroundings.
- Coordinate preventive programs to control the outbreak of wildlife diseases.
- Prepare collections of preserved specimens or microscopic slides for species identification and study of development or disease.
- Raise specimens for study and observation or for use in experiments.
- Collect and dissect animal specimens and examine specimens under microscope.
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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Still cameras (35 millimeter cameras)
- Adjustable widemouth pliers
- Entomological catching equipment (Aerial nets)
- Air compressors
- All terrain vehicles tracked or wheeled (All terrain vehicles ATV)
- Radio frequency transmitters or receivers (Animal transmitters)
- Sporting traps (Animal traps)
- Archery bows
- Axes
- Benchtop centrifuges
- Water samplers (Benthic samplers)
- Binoculars
- Boat Trailer (Boat trailers)
- Commercial fishing nets (Bongo nets)
- Calorimeters
- Canoes or kayaks (Canoes)
- Single gas monitors (Carbon dioxide CO2 monitors)
- Safety harnesses or belts (Climbing belts)
- Clinometers
- Compasses
- Binocular light compound microscopes (Compound binocular light microscopes)
- Binocular light compound microscopes (Compound microscopes)
- Conductivity meters
- Counters (Counting chambers)
- Sporting traps (Culvert traps)
- Commercial fishing nets (D-ring nets)
- Air rifles or air handguns (Dart guns)
- Portable data input terminals (Dataloggers)
- Desktop computers
- Digital cameras
- Commercial fishing nets (Dip net samplers)
- Stereo or dissecting light microscopes (Dissecting microscopes)
- Dissection kits or supplies (Dissecting tools)
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Dropping pipettes
- Drying cabinets or ovens (Drying ovens)
- Masks or accessories (Dust masks)
- Egg inspection or collecting equipment (Egg candlers)
- Water samplers (Ekman dredges)
- Ladders (Extension ladders)
- Surface thermometers (Field thermometers)
- Pisciculture supplies (Fish traps)
- Flow sensors (Flow meters)
- Sample changers (Folsom plankton splitters)
- Sporting traps (Foot snares)
- All terrain vehicles tracked or wheeled (Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles)
- Fume hoods or cupboards (Fume hoods)
- Global positioning system receivers (Geodetic ground global positioning system GPS receivers)
- Commercial fishing nets (Gill nets)
- Laboratory graduated cylinders (Graduated glass laboratory cylinders)
- Magnifiers (Hand lenses)
- Hard hats
- Commercial fishing nets (Jellyfish scoops)
- Personal motorized watercraft (Jet skis)
- Laboratory balances
- Laboratory beakers
- Laboratory forceps
- Ultra cold or ultralow upright cabinets or freezers (Laboratory freezers)
- Laboratory funnels
- Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators (Laboratory mechanical convection incubators)
- Rangefinders (Laser hypsometers)
- Laser printers
- Protective gloves (Leather gloves)
- Flying insect control traps (Light traps)
- Test sieves (Mesh sieves)
- Tape measures (Metric measuring tapes)
- Micrometers
- Sporting traps (Mist nets)
- Laboratory balances (Monopan balances)
- Water samplers (Multiplate samplers)
- Protective gloves (Nitrile gloves)
- Notebook computers
- Entomological catching equipment (Odonata nets)
- Personal computers
- Petri plates or dishes (Petri dishes)
- pH meters
- Photo attachments for microscopes (Photomicroscopes)
- Commercial fishing nets (Plankton nets)
- Handheld refractometers or polarimeters (Portable refractometers)
- Radio frequency transmitters or receivers (Radio telemetry equipment)
- Rafts (Rubber rafts)
- Rulers
- Safety glasses
- Salinity meter (Salinity meters)
- Specimen collectors (Scintillation vials)
- Water samplers (Secchi disks)
- Commercial fishing nets (Seines)
- Diving instruments or accessories (Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus SCUBA equipment)
- Test sieves (Sieve buckets)
- Hammers (Sledgehammers)
- Recreational motorboats (Small power boats)
- Masks or fins or snorkels (Snorkels)
- Snowmobiles or snow scooter (Snowmobiles)
- Specimen collectors (Specimen collection containers)
- Spectrometers
- Telescopes (Spotting scopes)
- Pull spring balances (Spring scales)
- Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines or accessories (Stainless steel scalpel blades)
- Steam autoclaves or sterilizers (Steam autoclaves)
- Dry heat or hot air sterilizers (Sterilizing ovens)
- Entomological catching equipment (Sweeping nets)
- Forestry increment borers (Tree corers)
- Digital camcorders or video cameras (Tree top peeper and video probe systems)
- Two way radios
- Calipers (Vernier calipers)
- Volumeters
- Water pumps
- Specimen collectors (Water sample collection containers)
- Water samplers
- Handheld thermometer (Water thermometers)
Technologies Include:
- Analytical or scientific software
- Computer modeling software
- HATPRO
- SAS software
- Statistical software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Data entry software
- Database management software
- Microsoft Access
- Relational database software
- Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Internet browser software
- Web browser software
- Map creation software
- ESRI ArcView
- Geographic information system GIS software
- Mapping software
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Project management software
- Microsoft Project
- Spreadsheet software
- IBM Lotus 1-2-3
- Microsoft Excel
- Spreadsheet software
- Word processing software
- Corel WordPerfect software
- Microsoft Word
- Word processing software
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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Special Requirements
ZOOLOGIST
No certification required.
WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST
Certification is optional. Please contact The Wildlife Society for further information.
For More Information, Contact:
The Wildlife Society
5410 Governor Lane
Bethesda, MD 20814-2197
Phone: 301.897.9770
Fax: 301.530.2471
http://www.wildlife.org/
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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Internships
Smithsonian National Zoological Park
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/UndergradInternships/
Internships & Fellowships with the National Zoo
The Environmental Careers Organization
30 Winter St
6th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
TTY: 617-426-4375
Fax: 617-423-0998
http://www.eco.org
This site has internship opportunities listed for the National Park Service, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and other organizations
The Wildlife Society
5410 Grosvenor Lane
Suite 200
Bethesda, MD 20814-2197
http://www.wildlife.org
E-mail: [email protected]
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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Additional Resources
For information on careers in the biological sciences, contact:
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Suite 200
1444 I St. NW.
Washington, DC 20005
http://www.aibs.org
For information on careers in physiology, contact:
American Physiological Society
Education Office
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814
http://www.the-aps.org
For information on careers in biochemistry or biological sciences, contact:
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814
http://www.faseb.org
For a brochure entitled Is a Career in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Right for Me, contact:
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)
2107 Wilson Blvd.
Suite #700
Arlington, VA 22201
http://www.aaps.org/careers/
For information on careers in microbiology, contact:
American Society for Microbiology
Office of Education and Training-Career Information
1325 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
Washington, DC 20005
http://www.asm.org/
Information on obtaining a biological or medical scientist position with the Federal Government is available from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) through a telephone-based system. Consult your telephone directory under U.S. Government for a local number or call (912) 757-3000; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339 The first number is not tollfree and charges may result.
Information also is available from the OPM Internet site:
http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/IORs/gs1900/1980b.htm
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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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95.25 | Biology | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
69.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
68.25 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
60.25 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
59.25 | Geography | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. |
57.75 | Law and Government | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
57.50 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
50.00 | Communications and Media | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
49.50 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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75.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
75.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
75.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
75.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
75.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
75.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
72.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
72.00 | Science | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
68.75 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
65.50 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
59.50 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
59.50 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
56.25 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
56.25 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
53.00 | Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
53.00 | Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
50.00 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
50.00 | Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
50.00 | Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
50.00 | Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
50.00 | Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
50.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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75.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
75.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
75.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
75.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
75.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
75.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
68.75 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
68.75 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
68.75 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
65.50 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
62.50 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
62.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
59.50 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
56.25 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
56.25 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
50.00 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
50.00 | Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
50.00 | Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
50.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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86.50 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
86.25 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
84.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
84.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
83.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
83.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
80.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
79.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
78.00 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
75.50 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
74.75 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
74.00 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
72.75 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
72.50 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
72.00 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
72.00 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
71.50 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
71.25 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
71.25 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
70.00 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
69.00 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
66.00 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
63.50 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
63.25 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
62.75 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
61.50 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
61.25 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
57.50 | Monitoring and Controlling Resources | Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
56.00 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
53.75 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
51.75 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
51.75 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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87.00 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
85.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
84.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
82.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
82.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
79.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
78.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
77.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
75.50 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
75.25 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
74.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
71.50 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
71.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
67.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
64.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
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72.17 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
66.67 | Recognition | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
63.83 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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98.40 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
91.80 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
90.40 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
87.20 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
86.80 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
86.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
84.60 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
83.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
82.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
82.40 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
78.20 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
77.80 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
76.40 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
74.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
74.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
72.40 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
71.60 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
69.20 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
67.80 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
66.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
65.00 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
62.20 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
60.40 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
60.20 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
58.60 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
58.60 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
58.20 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
57.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
55.40 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
54.80 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
53.40 | Outdoors, Under Cover | How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (e.g., structure with roof but no walls)? |
52.60 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
52.40 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
51.60 | In an Open Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or equipment (e.g., tractor)? |
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Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
- Examples
- Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $44,610.00 | $67,430.00 | $83,070.00 |
Virginia | $44,930.00 | $66,850.00 | $83,350.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | $58,155.51 | $73,524.36 | $89,196.43 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $52,943.60 | $69,766.26 | $95,608.77 |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $50,270.67 | $66,742.33 | $83,839.14 |
Hampton Roads | $52,989.29 | $68,729.90 | $90,188.13 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $55,854.34 | $70,090.25 | $80,919.06 |
Northern Virginia | $65,608.36 | $90,479.93 | $115,530.11 |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 17,100 | 17,200 | +0.6% |
Virginia | 359 | 365 | +1.7% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Animal Behaviorist
- Animal Biologist
- Aquatic Biologist
- Assistant Research Scientist
- Black Bear Project Leader
- Conservation Resources Management Biologist
- Cryptozoologist
- Dolphin Researcher
- Ecologist
- Entomologist
- Environmental Consultant
- Environmental Specialist
- Field Naturalist
- Fish and Wildlife Biologist
- Fish Conservationist
- Fish Culturist
- Fish Technologist
- Fisheries Biologist
- Fisheries Management Biologist
- Fishery Biologist
- Forest Service Wildlife Program Leader
- Game Management Assistant Chief
- Hatchery Superintendant
- Herpetologist
- Ichthyologist
- Lepidopterist
- Limnologist
- Mammalogist
- Marine Biologist
- Marine Scientist
- Migratory Game Bird Biologist
- Naturalist
- Nematologist
- Ornithologist
- Protozoologist
- Shark Biologist
- Terrestrial Ecologist
- Threatened and Endangered Species Coordinator
- Wildlife Biologist
- Wildlife Conservationist
- Wildlife Diversity Program Manager
- Wildlife Division Manager
- Wildlife Ecologist
- Wildlife Health Specialist
- Wildlife Manager
- Wildlife Program Manager
- Wildlife Technician
- Zookeeper
- Zoologist
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Related Schools
- Hampton University
- Liberty University
- Old Dominion University
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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