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