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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”
- Respond to program error messages by finding and correcting problems or terminating the program.
- Enter commands, using computer terminal, and activate controls on computer and peripheral equipment to integrate and operate equipment.
- Monitor the system for equipment failure or errors in performance.
- Operate spreadsheet programs and other types of software to load and manipulate data and to produce reports.
- Help programmers and systems analysts test and debug new programs.
- Answer telephone calls to assist computer users encountering problems.
- 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.
- Supervise and train peripheral equipment operators and computer operator trainees.
- 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.
- Record information such as computer operating time, problems that occurred, and actions taken.
- Retrieve, separate and sort program output as needed, and send data to specified users.
- Notify supervisor or computer maintenance technicians of equipment malfunctions.
- Oversee the operation of computer hardware systems, including coordinating and scheduling the use of computer terminals and networks to ensure efficient use.
- Clear equipment at end of operating run and review schedule to determine next assignment.
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- Magnetic tape units MTU
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Scanners
- Minicomputers
- High speed impact printers
- Computer tape drives
- Backup drives
- Network routers
- Modems
- Decollating equipment
- Mainframe computers
- Plotters
- Personal computers
- Check signers
- Computer hard disk drives
- Email servers
- Magnetic card readers
- Computer terminals
- Laser printers
- Impact printers
- Robotic tape libraries
- Disk storage units
- Customer information control system CICS
- Email software
- Microsoft Windows
- Tandem advanced command language TACL
- IBM Power Systems software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Hewlett Packard HP-UX
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- SAP
- IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler
- CA 11 Workload Automation Restart and Tracking
- BMC Software Control-M
- BMC PATROL
- BMC Software CONTROL-O
- SPSS ShowCase Suite
- SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- File transfer protocol FTP software
- Oracle DBMS
- IBM i
- Structured query language SQL
- Micro Focus OpenView
- EMC AlphaStor
- Wide area network WAN software
- Local area network LAN software
- Microsoft Word
- Python
- CA Automation Point
- Citrix
- UNIX
- Sybase SQL Anywhere
- Microsoft Visio
- IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS
- Microsoft Excel
- Common business oriented language COBOL
- Operating system monitoring software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Cisco IOS
- Oracle Solaris
- Linux
- CA 7 Workload Automation
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenView Service Center
- BMC Software Remedy IT Service Management Suite
- Teradata Enterprise Data Warehouse
- IBM Tivoli NetView Distribution Manager
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- Web browser software
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- Microsoft Windows Server
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- Disk operating system DOS
- Storage area network SAN software
- Job control language JCL
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