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Job Description
Monitor and control electronic computer and peripheral electronic data processing equipment to process business, scientific, engineering, and other data according to operating instructions. Monitor and respond to operating and error messages. May enter commands at a computer terminal and set controls on computer and peripheral devices.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 43-9011.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 43,880.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 21.00
- Currently, there are 46,810 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Computer Operators”.
Also Known As…
- Computer Operators
- Systems Operator
- Software Technician
- Operations and Maintenance Technician
- Information Technology Specialist
- Computer Technician
- Computer Specialist
- Computer Operator
- Computer Console Operator
- System Support Technician
- Sorting Machine Operator
- Peripheral Equipment Operator
- Peripheral EDP Equipment Operator
- Office Automation Clerk
- Network Manager
- Micro Computer Data Processor
- Input Output Clerk
- Information Technology Manager
- Information Systems Operator
- Imaging Specialist
- High Speed Printer Operator
- Equipment Operator
- Environmental Web Crawler
- Encoding Machine Operator
- Digitizer Operator
- Digital Computer Operator
- Debug Technician
- Data Processor
- Data Processing Clerk
- Data Processing Auxiliary Equipment Operator
- Data Center Operator
- Console Operator
- Computing Machine Operator
- Computer Systems Support Specialist
- Computer Programmer
- Computer Peripheral Equipment Operator
- Card Sorter
Tasks for “Card Tape Converter Operator”
- Record information such as computer operating time, problems that occurred, and actions taken.
- Retrieve, separate and sort program output as needed, and send data to specified users.
- Notify supervisor or computer maintenance technicians of equipment malfunctions.
- Respond to program error messages by finding and correcting problems or terminating the program.
- Enter commands, using computer terminal, and activate controls on computer and peripheral equipment to integrate and operate equipment.
- Answer telephone calls to assist computer users encountering problems.
- Read job set-up instructions to determine equipment to be used, order of use, material such as disks and paper to be loaded, and control settings.
- Operate spreadsheet programs and other types of software to load and manipulate data and to produce reports.
- Supervise and train peripheral equipment operators and computer operator trainees.
- Clear equipment at end of operating run and review schedule to determine next assignment.
- Oversee the operation of computer hardware systems, including coordinating and scheduling the use of computer terminals and networks to ensure efficient use.
- Type command on keyboard to transfer encoded data from memory unit to magnetic tape and assist in labeling, classifying, cataloging and maintaining tapes.
- Monitor the system for equipment failure or errors in performance.
- Help programmers and systems analysts test and debug new programs.
- Load peripheral equipment with selected materials for operating runs, or oversee loading of peripheral equipment by peripheral equipment operators.
Related Technology & Tools
- Computer tape drives
- Email servers
- Magnetic tape units MTU
- Personal computers
- Magnetic card readers
- Impact printers
- Network routers
- Modems
- Robotic tape libraries
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Backup drives
- Computer servers
- Scanners
- Computer terminals
- Decollating equipment
- Computer hard disk drives
- Disk storage units
- Form bursters
- Check signers
- Plotters
- Laser printers
- High speed impact printers
- Minicomputers
- Mainframe computers
- IBM i
- Microsoft Office
- SAP
- Operating system monitoring software
- IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler
- EMC NetWorker
- Linux
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS
- Job control language JCL
- Disk operating system DOS
- CA 7 Workload Automation
- File transfer protocol FTP software
- EMC AlphaStor
- Micro Focus OpenView
- Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Word
- Data3 ENGUARD
- BMC Software Control-M
- UNIX
- Citrix
- IBM DB2
- CA Unicenter TNG
- SPSS ShowCase Suite
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Windows Server
- Oracle DBMS
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenVMS
- Veritas NetBackup
- Cisco IOS
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenView Service Center
- IBM Power Systems software
- Web browser software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Wide area network WAN software
- Structured query language SQL
- Microsoft Outlook
- CA 11 Workload Automation Restart and Tracking
- IBM Tivoli NetView Distribution Manager
- IBM WebSphere
- Storage area network SAN software
- Common business oriented language COBOL
- BMC PATROL
- Novell NetWare
- Local area network LAN software
- IBM Informix
- BMC Software CONTROL-O
- BMC Software Remedy IT Service Management Suite
- Email software
- CA Automation Point
- Hewlett Packard HP-UX
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- Python
- Teradata Enterprise Data Warehouse
- Sybase SQL Anywhere
- Tandem advanced command language TACL
- SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
- Customer information control system CICS
- Oracle Solaris
- Oralce Java Enterprise System
- IBM Notes