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