JSS THREE WEEK ONE LESSON NOTE (ICT_223)

 

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TOPIC: COMPUTER CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Introduction

In a secondary school environment where there are more than one teacher, each of them is majored in a particular field, some in science, commercial and art respectively, according to their line of study. In the same trend is the computing world. There are people who have acquired different training in diverse field of computing and they carryout distinct duties based on their training and experiences.

 

COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS

Are the collection of individuals or computer staff with relevant qualification, training and certifications who work in the computer industry and have the capacity to carry out different computer related operations in different departments.

Computer professional include:

1.     computer manager: is a computer personnel who has high qualification in the field of computing. He is responsible for the overall running of the computer department.

2.     System analyst: is a computer personnel with years of experience in system development and programming to analyze proposed system.

3.     Programmer: is a computer personnel who develops computer program based on the analysis or specification of the system analyst to solve problems.

4.     Computer engineer: is a computer personnel who understands the architectural design of the computer system.

5.     Computer technician: is a personnel who is skilled in the practical work, they oversee the general operation of the computer hardware system.

6.     Computer educator: are teachers, instructors and lecturers. They are computer personnel that teach computer in different academic levels ranging from university, polytechnic, college of education, secondary school to primary school.

7.     Computer operator: is a computer personnel who has the use of one or more application packages and could use them to solve problems.

 

QUALITIES OF A GOOD COMPUTER PROFESSIONAL

1.     A good computer professional is expected to have acquired basic and relevant qualifications in the field of computing

2.     He must be able to manage time and stress since the computer involves running of more than one operation at a time.

3.     He must have a good communication and interpersonal relationship skill to understand the clients need and solve their problems.

4.     He must be able to work effectively with little or no supervision

5.     He must be able to adapt quickly to changes since technology changes regularly

6.     He must be teachable.


COMPUTER PROGRAMMER

COMPUTER EDUCATOR

COMPUTER ENGINEER/TECHNICIAN



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