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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
$67.43K Median Salary 1.7K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 5.4% Job Growth
About This Career
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.
Reported Job Titles
Aquatic Biologist, Conservation Biologist, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Fisheries and Wildlife Biological Scientist, Fisheries Biologist, Forest Wildlife Biologist, Habitat Biologist, Wildlife Biologist, Wildlife Refuge Specialist, Zoologist
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Skills You'll Need
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Abilities
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Oral Comprehension
Oral Expression
Written Comprehension
Written Expression
Information Ordering
Problem Sensitivity
Speech Clarity
Speech Recognition
Category Flexibility
Near Vision
Fluency of Ideas
Originality
Selective Attention
Flexibility of Closure
Far Vision
Mathematical Reasoning
Number Facility
Perceptual Speed
Time Sharing
Knowledge
Biology
English Language
Customer and Personal Service
Mathematics
Geography
Administration and Management
Law and Government
Communications and Media
Computers and Electronics
Skills
Active Listening
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Judgment and Decision Making
Reading Comprehension
Speaking
Science
Writing
Coordination
Active Learning
Monitoring
Time Management
Social Perceptiveness
Systems Analysis
Negotiation
Persuasion
Instructing
Learning Strategies
Management of Personnel Resources
Mathematics
Service Orientation
Systems Evaluation
Technology Skills
Geographic information system
Presentation software
Analytical or scientific software
Data base user interface and query software
Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
Office suite software
Object or component oriented development software
Mobile location based services software
Word processing software
Internet browser software
Project management software
Web platform development software
Tools
Commercial fishing nets
Water samplers
Sporting traps
Entomological catching equipment
Specimen collection container
Test sieves
Radio frequency transmitters or receivers
Protective gloves
All terrain vehicles tracked or wheeled
Binocular light compound microscopes
Drying cabinets or ovens
Masks or accessories
Sample changers
Petri plates or dishes
Still cameras
Ladders
Animal control traps
Tape measures
Counters
Calipers
Flow sensors
Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators
Laboratory balances
Dry heat or hot air sterilizers
Fume hoods or cupboards
Pisciculture supplies
Recreational motorboats
Surface thermometers
Rangefinders
Stereo or dissecting light microscopes
Flying insect control traps
Snowmobiles or snow scooter
Handheld thermometer
Handheld refractometers or polarimeters
Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines
Salinity meter
Magnifiers
Boat Trailer
Pull spring balances
Diving instruments or accessories
Canoes or kayaks
Ultra cold or ultralow upright cabinets or freezers
Air rifles or air handguns
Masks or fins or snorkels
Personal motorized watercraft
Laboratory graduated cylinders
Sledge hammer
Telescopes
Portable data input terminals
Dissection kits or supplies
Forestry increment borers
Safety harnesses or belts
Photo attachments for microscopes
Rafts
Egg inspection or collecting equipment
Digital camcorders or video cameras
Single gas monitors
Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
Global positioning system GPS receiver
Water pumps
Two way radios
Clinometers
Calorimeters
Micrometers
Air compressors
Hard hats
Dissolved oxygen meters
Archery bows
Safety glasses
Spectrometers
Notebook computers
pH meters
Compasses
Laboratory beakers
Benchtop centrifuges
Dropping pipettes
Volumeters
Digital cameras
Rulers
Axes
Laser printers
Laboratory forceps
Adjustable widemouth pliers
Desktop computers
Binoculars
Personal computers
Conductivity meters
Laboratory funnels
