Also called: Habitat Designer, Landscape Immersion Designer
Designs the habitats and visitor spaces that make zoos and aquariums feel like the wild.
Sketches a rainforest habitat with hidden heated rocks for jaguars, works with keepers on how animals move, and plans viewing windows so visitors feel nose to nose with a gorilla.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 5 years after high school. Bachelor's in landscape architecture, architecture, or exhibit design.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Industrial Design.
Growing about average. Niche.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI design tools draft renderings and layouts fast, trimming junior work; designing for animal needs and visitors stays human.
Classes: Studio art, Drafting or CAD, AP Biology, Engineering CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-1012.
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