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