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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.
- Type command on keyboard to transfer encoded data from memory unit to magnetic tape and assist in labeling, classifying, cataloging and maintaining tapes.
- 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.
- Supervise and train peripheral equipment operators and computer operator trainees.
- Answer telephone calls to assist computer users encountering problems.
- Enter commands, using computer terminal, and activate controls on computer and peripheral equipment to integrate and operate equipment.
- Operate spreadsheet programs and other types of software to load and manipulate data and to produce reports.
- Oversee the operation of computer hardware systems, including coordinating and scheduling the use of computer terminals and networks to ensure efficient use.
- 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.
- Clear equipment at end of operating run and review schedule to determine next assignment.
- Help programmers and systems analysts test and debug new programs.
- Monitor the system for equipment failure or errors in performance.
- 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
- Personal computers
- Robotic tape libraries
- Backup drives
- Modems
- Plotters
- Magnetic card readers
- Computer hard disk drives
- Laser printers
- Email servers
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Scanners
- High speed impact printers
- Mainframe computers
- Decollating equipment
- Check signers
- Computer servers
- Magnetic tape units MTU
- Disk storage units
- Minicomputers
- Form bursters
- Network routers
- Computer terminals
- Impact printers
- Computer tape drives
- Hewlett Packard HP-UX
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Job control language JCL
- IBM Notes
- Oracle DBMS
- Tandem advanced command language TACL
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenVMS
- IBM i
- SAP
- Microsoft Access
- Customer information control system CICS
- Microsoft Windows Server
- Disk operating system DOS
- Data3 ENGUARD
- Microsoft Excel
- IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler
- Veritas NetBackup
- EMC AlphaStor
- EMC NetWorker
- File transfer protocol FTP software
- Novell NetWare
- IBM Power Systems software
- Cisco IOS
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Storage area network SAN software
- Oracle Solaris
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS
- BMC PATROL
- UNIX
- CA 11 Workload Automation Restart and Tracking
- Oralce Java Enterprise System
- Microsoft Windows
- Operating system monitoring software
- IBM Tivoli NetView Distribution Manager
- CA 7 Workload Automation
- Common business oriented language COBOL
- IBM Informix
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenView Service Center
- IBM WebSphere
- SPSS ShowCase Suite
- BMC Software Remedy IT Service Management Suite
- Wide area network WAN software
- Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold
- CA Unicenter TNG
- Structured query language SQL
- Citrix
- Local area network LAN software
- Micro Focus OpenView
- SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
- Microsoft Visio
- Email software
- Microsoft Word
- CA Automation Point
- Web browser software
- Linux
- BMC Software CONTROL-O
- Teradata Enterprise Data Warehouse
- Sybase SQL Anywhere
- BMC Software Control-M
- IBM DB2
- Python