Information and communications technology operations technicians support the day-to-day processing, operation and monitoring of information and communications technology systems, peripherlas, hardware, software and related computer equipment to ensure optimal performance, and identify any problems.
Skill level:
Skilled
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- The majority of Information and communications technology operations technicians earn a salary between R7 479 and R33 167 per month in 2024.
- A monthly wage for entry-level Information and communications technology operations technicians ranges from R7 479 to R16 233.
- After gaining 5 years of work experience, their income will be between R10 068 and R20 379 per month.
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Duties and tasks
- Operating and controlling peripheral and related computer equipment
- Entering commands, using computer terminals, and activating controls on computer and peripheral equipment to integrate and operate equipment
- Monitoring systems for equipment failure or errors in performance
- Notifying supervisors or maintenance technicians of equipment malfunctions
- Responding to program error messages by finding and correcting problems, escalating the problem to other staff or terminating the program
- Reading job set-up instructions to determine equipment to be used, order of use, material such as disks and paper to be loaded, and to control settings
- Retrieving, separating and sorting program output as needed, and sending data to specified users
- Loading peripheral equipment, such as printers, with selected materials for operating runs, or overseeing loading of peripheral equipment by peripheral equipment operators