A zookeeper's role includes:
- Preparing animals' meals.
- Caring for the animals.
- Cleaning enclosures.
- Monitoring and recording behaviour.
- Ensuring that animals are healthy.
- Grooming, exercising and training the animals.
- Talking to visiting groups about the animals; etc.
Amongst other duties, a wildlife educator will:
- Reside at the venue and study, research and explore various intricacies of wildlife behaviour.
- Research and write information to be printed as leaflets, brochures, etc.
- Write information for websites.
- Prepare information for educational visits.
- Design and prepare displays.
- Buy or rear animals for exhibiting; etc.
A researcher will:
- Run experiments.
- Identify new data achieved through research.
- Use data to help solve environmental or health problems.