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