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