ecologist

Ecologists carry out assessments of the health and distribution of organisms, namely people, plants, and animals, and the relationship between organisms and their environment. Ecologists usually have a specialisation area, e.g. freshwater, marine, terrestrial, fauna, and flora about which they conduct research and perform related tasks.

The most in-demand skills for this role include organism taxonomy, ecosystem management, habitat restoration, environmental legislation, scientific literature, biology. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives ecologist 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.