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