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