Will “Software Technician” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
78% Chance of Automation
“Software 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
- Operations and Maintenance Technician
- Information Technology Specialist
- Computer Technician
- Computer Specialist
- Computer Operator
- Computer Console Operator
- System Support Technician
- Sorting Machine Operator
- Software Technician
- 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 Systems Support Specialist
- Computer Programmer
- Computer Peripheral Equipment Operator
- Card Tape Converter Operator
- Card Sorter
Tasks for “Software Technician”
- 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.
- Notify supervisor or computer maintenance technicians of equipment malfunctions.
- 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.
- Monitor the system for equipment failure or errors in performance.
- Enter commands, using computer terminal, and activate controls on computer and peripheral equipment to integrate and operate equipment.
- 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.
- Clear equipment at end of operating run and review schedule to determine next assignment.
- Help programmers and systems analysts test and debug new programs.
- 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.
- Load peripheral equipment with selected materials for operating runs, or oversee loading of peripheral equipment by peripheral equipment operators.
Related Technology & Tools
- Scanners
- Disk storage units
- Decollating equipment
- High speed impact printers
- Plotters
- Magnetic tape units MTU
- Check signers
- Backup drives
- Computer terminals
- Computer tape drives
- Magnetic card readers
- Network routers
- Computer servers
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Form bursters
- Mainframe computers
- Laser printers
- Impact printers
- Minicomputers
- Modems
- Robotic tape libraries
- Email servers
- Personal computers
- Computer hard disk drives
- Data3 ENGUARD
- IBM Tivoli NetView Distribution Manager
- SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
- IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS
- Disk operating system DOS
- IBM Power Systems software
- Microsoft Windows Server
- Oracle DBMS
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenView Service Center
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- Local area network LAN software
- Linux
- Sybase SQL Anywhere
- Customer information control system CICS
- File transfer protocol FTP software
- Oralce Java Enterprise System
- IBM Notes
- Job control language JCL
- CA Unicenter TNG
- Operating system monitoring software
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- Cisco IOS
- Novell NetWare
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Tandem advanced command language TACL
- CA 11 Workload Automation Restart and Tracking
- Storage area network SAN software
- CA Automation Point
- IBM i
- IBM DB2
- Microsoft Windows
- Web browser software
- Micro Focus OpenView
- Microsoft Excel
- IBM Informix
- Python
- IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler
- Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold
- CA 7 Workload Automation
- UNIX
- Email software
- BMC PATROL
- Microsoft Outlook
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenVMS
- Teradata Enterprise Data Warehouse
- EMC AlphaStor
- IBM WebSphere
- Wide area network WAN software
- EMC NetWorker
- Microsoft Word
- Oracle Solaris
- SAP
- Common business oriented language COBOL
- Microsoft Access
- SPSS ShowCase Suite
- Veritas NetBackup
- BMC Software Remedy IT Service Management Suite
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- BMC Software CONTROL-O
- Structured query language SQL
- Hewlett Packard HP-UX
- Citrix
- BMC Software Control-M