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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
Also Known As…
- Systems Operator
- Software Technician
- Operations and Maintenance 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
- 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 “Computer Operators”
- 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.
- Oversee the operation of computer hardware systems, including coordinating and scheduling the use of computer terminals and networks to ensure efficient use.
- Answer telephone calls to assist computer users encountering problems.
- 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.
- Load peripheral equipment with selected materials for operating runs, or oversee loading of peripheral equipment by peripheral equipment operators.
- 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.
- Monitor the system for equipment failure or errors in performance.
- Retrieve, separate and sort program output as needed, and send data to specified users.
- Help programmers and systems analysts test and debug new programs.
- Record information such as computer operating time, problems that occurred, and actions taken.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Computer terminals
- Form bursters
- Personal computers
- Email servers
- Computer hard disk drives
- Plotters
- Computer tape drives
- Disk storage units
- Magnetic card readers
- Impact printers
- Magnetic tape units MTU
- Decollating equipment
- Modems
- High speed impact printers
- Laser printers
- Backup drives
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Computer servers
- Scanners
- Network routers
- Robotic tape libraries
- Minicomputers
- Mainframe computers
- Check signers
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenVMS
- Teradata Enterprise Data Warehouse
- IBM DB2
- SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
- Novell NetWare
- Tandem advanced command language TACL
- CA Unicenter TNG
- IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS
- IBM Power Systems software
- BMC Software Remedy IT Service Management Suite
- Hewlett Packard HP-UX
- Microsoft Office
- Common business oriented language COBOL
- Oralce Java Enterprise System
- Oracle Solaris
- Micro Focus OpenView
- Oracle DBMS
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- BMC Software CONTROL-O
- Disk operating system DOS
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Visio
- IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler
- CA 11 Workload Automation Restart and Tracking
- Web browser software
- Sybase SQL Anywhere
- EMC NetWorker
- Python
- EMC AlphaStor
- BMC Software Control-M
- Microsoft Windows
- Veritas NetBackup
- IBM Informix
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Linux
- CA 7 Workload Automation
- IBM WebSphere
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- Data3 ENGUARD
- Cisco IOS
- SPSS ShowCase Suite
- Structured query language SQL
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- Local area network LAN software
- Microsoft Access
- IBM Notes
- Customer information control system CICS
- Storage area network SAN software
- Microsoft Windows Server
- UNIX
- IBM i
- Job control language JCL
- SAP
- BMC PATROL
- Hewlett-Packard HP OpenView Service Center
- Email software
- File transfer protocol FTP software
- CA Automation Point
- Operating system monitoring software
- IBM Tivoli NetView Distribution Manager
- Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold
- Citrix
- Wide area network WAN software