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