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