Will “Operations and Maintenance Technician” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
78% Chance of Automation
“Operations and Maintenance Technician” will probably be replaced by robots.
This job is ranked #428 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.
Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍
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
- 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
- Operations and Maintenance Technician
- 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 “Operations and Maintenance Technician”
- Load peripheral equipment with selected materials for operating runs, or oversee loading of peripheral equipment by peripheral equipment operators.
- Operate spreadsheet programs and other types of software to load and manipulate data and to produce reports.
- Record information such as computer operating time, problems that occurred, and actions taken.
- Type command on keyboard to transfer encoded data from memory unit to magnetic tape and assist in labeling, classifying, cataloging and maintaining tapes.
- Clear equipment at end of operating run and review schedule to determine next assignment.
- 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.
- Supervise and train peripheral equipment operators and computer operator trainees.
- Answer telephone calls to assist computer users encountering problems.
- Notify supervisor or computer maintenance technicians of equipment malfunctions.
- Oversee the operation of computer hardware systems, including coordinating and scheduling the use of computer terminals and networks to ensure efficient use.
- 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.
- Retrieve, separate and sort program output as needed, and send data to specified users.
- Monitor the system for equipment failure or errors in performance.
- Help programmers and systems analysts test and debug new programs.
Related Technology & Tools
- Computer servers
- Magnetic card readers
- Check signers
- Computer hard disk drives
- Robotic tape libraries
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Email servers
- Form bursters
- Backup drives
- Magnetic tape units MTU
- Mainframe computers
- Scanners
- Computer terminals
- Minicomputers
- Disk storage units
- Plotters
- Impact printers
- Network routers
- Decollating equipment
- Personal computers
- Computer tape drives
- High speed impact printers
- Laser printers
- Modems
- IBM Notes
- IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler
- Oralce Java Enterprise System
- CA 11 Workload Automation Restart and Tracking
- CA 7 Workload Automation
- Hewlett Packard HP-UX
- BMC Software Control-M
- Microsoft Visio
- Teradata Enterprise Data Warehouse
- Sybase SQL Anywhere
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- Oracle Solaris
- Citrix
- IBM Informix
- Customer information control system CICS
- Operating system monitoring software
- BMC PATROL
- Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold
- Web browser software
- UNIX
- Common business oriented language COBOL
- Data3 ENGUARD
- EMC NetWorker
- IBM DB2
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenVMS
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- Linux
- BMC Software Remedy IT Service Management Suite
- BMC Software CONTROL-O
- Disk operating system DOS
- Microsoft Excel
- Email software
- File transfer protocol FTP software
- SPSS ShowCase Suite
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- IBM i
- Storage area network SAN software
- SAP
- Microsoft Outlook
- IBM WebSphere
- Micro Focus OpenView
- IBM Power Systems software
- EMC AlphaStor
- Job control language JCL
- SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
- Wide area network WAN software
- Microsoft Word
- CA Automation Point
- Microsoft Access
- Veritas NetBackup
- Tandem advanced command language TACL
- Microsoft Office
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenView Service Center
- IBM Tivoli NetView Distribution Manager
- Microsoft Windows Server
- CA Unicenter TNG
- Microsoft Windows
- Cisco IOS
- Local area network LAN software
- Structured query language SQL
- Novell NetWare
- Python
- Microsoft SharePoint
- IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS
- Oracle DBMS