Will “Office Automation Clerk” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
78% Chance of Automation
“Office Automation Clerk” will probably be replaced by robots.
This job is ranked #428 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.
Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍
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”
- Oversee the operation of computer hardware systems, including coordinating and scheduling the use of computer terminals and networks to ensure efficient use.
- Supervise and train peripheral equipment operators and computer operator trainees.
- Answer telephone calls to assist computer users encountering problems.
- Retrieve, separate and sort program output as needed, and send data to specified users.
- Respond to program error messages by finding and correcting problems or terminating the program.
- Monitor the system for equipment failure or errors in performance.
- Clear equipment at end of operating run and review schedule to determine next assignment.
- 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.
- 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.
- Help programmers and systems analysts test and debug new programs.
- Load peripheral equipment with selected materials for operating runs, or oversee loading of peripheral equipment by peripheral equipment operators.
- Type command on keyboard to transfer encoded data from memory unit to magnetic tape and assist in labeling, classifying, cataloging and maintaining tapes.
- Enter commands, using computer terminal, and activate controls on computer and peripheral equipment to integrate and operate equipment.
- Record information such as computer operating time, problems that occurred, and actions taken.
Related Technology & Tools
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Check signers
- High speed impact printers
- Email servers
- Network routers
- Minicomputers
- Computer terminals
- Plotters
- Computer servers
- Personal computers
- Mainframe computers
- Backup drives
- Decollating equipment
- Form bursters
- Magnetic tape units MTU
- Impact printers
- Robotic tape libraries
- Laser printers
- Computer tape drives
- Modems
- Scanners
- Magnetic card readers
- Disk storage units
- Computer hard disk drives
- Data3 ENGUARD
- Oracle Solaris
- EMC NetWorker
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenVMS
- Local area network LAN software
- Wide area network WAN software
- Web browser software
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Python
- Teradata Enterprise Data Warehouse
- Novell NetWare
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Windows
- CA 11 Workload Automation Restart and Tracking
- SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
- Microsoft Excel
- Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold
- Veritas NetBackup
- BMC Software CONTROL-O
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenView Service Center
- SAP
- Disk operating system DOS
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- IBM Tivoli NetView Distribution Manager
- Microsoft Outlook
- IBM Notes
- BMC PATROL
- Storage area network SAN software
- CA Automation Point
- IBM WebSphere
- Microsoft Visio
- Linux
- CA Unicenter TNG
- Oracle DBMS
- Job control language JCL
- Operating system monitoring software
- BMC Software Remedy IT Service Management Suite
- Tandem advanced command language TACL
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- IBM Power Systems software
- BMC Software Control-M
- Cisco IOS
- CA 7 Workload Automation
- Structured query language SQL
- Microsoft Windows Server
- Micro Focus OpenView
- Microsoft Word
- IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler
- Customer information control system CICS
- IBM i
- SPSS ShowCase Suite
- Microsoft Office
- UNIX
- Common business oriented language COBOL
- IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS
- Citrix
- IBM DB2
- Oralce Java Enterprise System
- Email software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- IBM Informix
- EMC AlphaStor
- Sybase SQL Anywhere
- File transfer protocol FTP software
- Hewlett Packard HP-UX