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