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