Also called: Stranding Network Coordinator
Responds when whales, dolphins, or seals wash up stranded on beaches.
Coordinators get calls at any hour, rush to beaches, organize volunteers to keep animals wet, coordinate rescues, and perform necropsies on animals that die.
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 plus marine mammal experience.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Marine Biology, Biology.
Growing about average (about 2% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Rushing to beaches at any hour and organizing volunteers to save stranded animals is human emergency work.
Classes: AP Biology, Health, Speech.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-1023.
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