Information technology (IT) support technician

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• College/CEGEP
• or equivalent experience

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

Work setting

• Startup company
• Consulting firm

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Communicate electronically and in person with computer users experiencing difficulties to determine and document problems experienced
• Consult user guides, technical manuals and other documents to research and implement solutions
• Provide advice and training to users in response to identified difficulties
• Collect, organize and maintain a problems and solutions log for use by other technical support analysts
• Participate in the redesign of applications and other software
• Supervise other technical support workers in this group
• Provide business systems, network and Internet support to users in response to identified difficulties
• Set up equipment for employee use, performing or ensuring proper installation of cables, operating systems, or appropriate software
• Provide customer service
• Perform Web-server backup and recovery operations

Experience and specialization

Computer and technology knowledge

• Networking software
• Networking hardware
• Networking security
• Internet
• MS Windows
• Mac OS

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Ability to multitask