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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
- 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 “Operations and Maintenance Technician”
- Enter commands, using computer terminal, and activate controls on computer and peripheral equipment to integrate and operate equipment.
- Notify supervisor or computer maintenance technicians of equipment malfunctions.
- Load peripheral equipment with selected materials for operating runs, or oversee loading of peripheral equipment by peripheral equipment operators.
- 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.
- 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.
- Type command on keyboard to transfer encoded data from memory unit to magnetic tape and assist in labeling, classifying, cataloging and maintaining tapes.
- Respond to program error messages by finding and correcting problems or terminating the program.
- 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.
- Retrieve, separate and sort program output as needed, and send data to specified users.
- Help programmers and systems analysts test and debug new programs.
- Supervise and train peripheral equipment operators and computer operator trainees.
- Answer telephone calls to assist computer users encountering problems.
Related Technology & Tools
- Disk storage units
- Personal computers
- Magnetic tape units MTU
- Modems
- Minicomputers
- Magnetic card readers
- Form bursters
- Computer tape drives
- Computer hard disk drives
- Check signers
- High speed impact printers
- Network routers
- Scanners
- Backup drives
- Mainframe computers
- Laser printers
- Computer servers
- Impact printers
- Decollating equipment
- Email servers
- Plotters
- Computer terminals
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Robotic tape libraries
- IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenVMS
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Outlook
- Disk operating system DOS
- Linux
- SPSS ShowCase Suite
- Local area network LAN software
- SAP
- Microsoft Access
- Wide area network WAN software
- CA Automation Point
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- IBM DB2
- Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenView Service Center
- Citrix
- Teradata Enterprise Data Warehouse
- Cisco IOS
- SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
- Microsoft Office
- Customer information control system CICS
- Storage area network SAN software
- Oralce Java Enterprise System
- Oracle DBMS
- IBM Notes
- Microsoft Excel
- Structured query language SQL
- EMC NetWorker
- CA Unicenter TNG
- UNIX
- CA 7 Workload Automation
- IBM Tivoli NetView Distribution Manager
- IBM i
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- BMC Software CONTROL-O
- Microsoft Windows
- Sybase SQL Anywhere
- Email software
- Python
- BMC PATROL
- Common business oriented language COBOL
- Web browser software
- IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler
- Microsoft Windows Server
- Micro Focus OpenView
- Job control language JCL
- Veritas NetBackup
- IBM WebSphere
- Novell NetWare
- Tandem advanced command language TACL
- File transfer protocol FTP software
- IBM Informix
- IBM Power Systems software
- BMC Software Control-M
- Oracle Solaris
- BMC Software Remedy IT Service Management Suite
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- CA 11 Workload Automation Restart and Tracking
- Operating system monitoring software
- Microsoft Word
- EMC AlphaStor
- Hewlett Packard HP-UX
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Data3 ENGUARD