| Profession |
Skills Required |
Duties Performed |
| Computer Programmer |
- Operations Analysis: Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
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- Compile and write documentation of program development and subsequent revisions, inserting comments in the coded instructions so others can understand the program.
- Conduct trial runs of programs and software applications to be sure they will produce the desired information and that the instructions are correct.
- Correct errors by making appropriate changes and rechecking the program to ensure that the desired results are produced.
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| Computer Hardware Engineer |
- Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
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- Analyze user needs and recommend appropriate hardware.
- Assemble and modify existing pieces of equipment to meet special needs.
- Monitor functioning of equipment and make necessary modifications to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications.
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| Business Information Systems Administrator |
- Troubleshooting: Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Technology Design: Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
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- Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations.
- Document computer security and emergency measures policies, procedures, and tests.
- Gather data pertaining to customer needs, and use the information to identify, predict, interpret, and evaluate system and network requirements.
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