animal behaviourist

Animal behaviourists work with animals and people to study, observe, assess and understand animal behaviour in relation to specific factors and to prevent or address inappropriate or problematic behaviours within individual animals through the development of suitable environments and management regimes, in accordance with national legislation.

The most in-demand skills for this role include biosecurity related to animals, signs of animal illness, neuroanatomy of animals, animal evolution, animal welfare legislation, animal welfare. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives animal behaviourist a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.