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