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