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