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