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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 Programmer
- Computer Peripheral Equipment Operator
- Card Tape Converter Operator
- Card Sorter
Tasks for “Computer Systems Support Specialist”
- Monitor the system for equipment failure or errors in performance.
- Load peripheral equipment with selected materials for operating runs, or oversee loading of peripheral equipment by peripheral equipment operators.
- Respond to program error messages by finding and correcting problems or terminating the program.
- Notify supervisor or computer maintenance technicians of equipment malfunctions.
- Enter commands, using computer terminal, and activate controls on computer and peripheral equipment to integrate and operate equipment.
- Operate spreadsheet programs and other types of software to load and manipulate data and to produce reports.
- Help programmers and systems analysts test and debug new programs.
- Record information such as computer operating time, problems that occurred, and actions taken.
- Clear equipment at end of operating run and review schedule to determine next assignment.
- Answer telephone calls to assist computer users encountering problems.
- Supervise and train peripheral equipment operators and computer operator trainees.
- 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.
- 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.
- Retrieve, separate and sort program output as needed, and send data to specified users.
Related Technology & Tools
- Modems
- Magnetic tape units MTU
- Laser printers
- Robotic tape libraries
- Computer tape drives
- Form bursters
- Email servers
- Magnetic card readers
- Check signers
- Computer hard disk drives
- Mainframe computers
- Network routers
- High speed impact printers
- Backup drives
- Decollating equipment
- Scanners
- Computer terminals
- Personal computers
- Plotters
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Minicomputers
- Computer servers
- Impact printers
- Disk storage units
- Oracle DBMS
- Oralce Java Enterprise System
- Sybase SQL Anywhere
- Customer information control system CICS
- Storage area network SAN software
- IBM Informix
- Job control language JCL
- IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler
- IBM Power Systems software
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenVMS
- IBM WebSphere
- Web browser software
- CA Unicenter TNG
- SAP
- BMC Software CONTROL-O
- SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
- Email software
- IBM Tivoli NetView Distribution Manager
- CA Automation Point
- EMC NetWorker
- Hewlett Packard HP-UX
- IBM i
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Linux
- UNIX
- SPSS ShowCase Suite
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Windows Server
- Disk operating system DOS
- BMC Software Control-M
- Common business oriented language COBOL
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenView Service Center
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- CA 7 Workload Automation
- Micro Focus OpenView
- Structured query language SQL
- Cisco IOS
- Citrix
- Teradata Enterprise Data Warehouse
- Microsoft Visio
- Data3 ENGUARD
- IBM Notes
- Microsoft Outlook
- Tandem advanced command language TACL
- BMC Software Remedy IT Service Management Suite
- IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS
- Veritas NetBackup
- Microsoft Windows
- Novell NetWare
- Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold
- IBM DB2
- EMC AlphaStor
- Local area network LAN software
- BMC PATROL
- Microsoft Access
- Wide area network WAN software
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- Operating system monitoring software
- Oracle Solaris
- File transfer protocol FTP software
- CA 11 Workload Automation Restart and Tracking
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- Python