Also called: Collections Registrar
Keeps the official records of every animal in a zoo: births, deaths, transfers, and permits.
Logs a newborn penguin into the global animal database, handles CITES permits to move a rare lemur between countries, and tracks the family tree of every endangered animal for breeding programs.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in biology or zoology plus zoo experience.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Zoology, Biology, Animal Science.
Growing about average. Very small field.
Medium risk for 10 years. Animal-records databases and AI automate data entry and reports; permits, transfers and judgment calls stay human.
Classes: AP Biology, Computer applications, English composition, Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-4012.
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