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