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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 Center Operator
- Console Operator
- Computing Machine Operator
- Computer Systems Support Specialist
- Computer Programmer
- Computer Peripheral Equipment Operator
- Card Tape Converter Operator
- Card Sorter
Tasks for “Data Processing Auxiliary Equipment Operator”
- Clear equipment at end of operating run and review schedule to determine next assignment.
- 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.
- 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.
- Retrieve, separate and sort program output as needed, and send data to specified users.
- 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.
- Oversee the operation of computer hardware systems, including coordinating and scheduling the use of computer terminals and networks to ensure efficient use.
- 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.
- Notify supervisor or computer maintenance technicians of equipment malfunctions.
- Respond to program error messages by finding and correcting problems or terminating the program.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Minicomputers
- Magnetic tape units MTU
- Computer terminals
- Network routers
- Personal computers
- Robotic tape libraries
- Computer hard disk drives
- Scanners
- Computer servers
- Disk storage units
- High speed impact printers
- Magnetic card readers
- Email servers
- Decollating equipment
- Modems
- Computer tape drives
- Impact printers
- Form bursters
- Plotters
- Backup drives
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Check signers
- Mainframe computers
- Laser printers
- IBM WebSphere
- Oracle Solaris
- BMC Software Remedy IT Service Management Suite
- IBM Tivoli NetView Distribution Manager
- SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
- IBM Informix
- SAP
- EMC AlphaStor
- Wide area network WAN software
- Oralce Java Enterprise System
- CA Unicenter TNG
- IBM Notes
- SPSS ShowCase Suite
- Structured query language SQL
- EMC NetWorker
- Microsoft Windows Server
- Teradata Enterprise Data Warehouse
- Email software
- Cisco IOS
- IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler
- CA Automation Point
- Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold
- Job control language JCL
- Oracle DBMS
- IBM DB2
- Disk operating system DOS
- BMC PATROL
- Linux
- IBM Power Systems software
- Tandem advanced command language TACL
- Python
- Microsoft Visio
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenView Service Center
- File transfer protocol FTP software
- IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS
- CA 7 Workload Automation
- Microsoft Excel
- Veritas NetBackup
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenVMS
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Hewlett Packard HP-UX
- Storage area network SAN software
- Customer information control system CICS
- BMC Software Control-M
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Office
- Common business oriented language COBOL
- Microsoft Windows
- IBM i
- Novell NetWare
- CA 11 Workload Automation Restart and Tracking
- BMC Software CONTROL-O
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- UNIX
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- Local area network LAN software
- Operating system monitoring software
- Microsoft Access
- Micro Focus OpenView
- Microsoft Word
- Sybase SQL Anywhere
- Data3 ENGUARD
- Citrix