IT Generalist

Competency-based occupation
Onet code: 15-1232.00

1

Years

46

Skills

290h

Related instruction
Classroom Instruction Topics
  • Technical Support Fundamentals
  • Hardware and Operating Systems
  • Software, Programming, and Databases
  • Networking and Storage
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cloud Computing
On-the-job Training
  • Sets up and removes employee or client workstations or devices, including setting up access controls
    • Sets up desktop, laptop and other devices for employees
    • Installs software on network or individual users' computers, laptops or devices and sets appropriate access controls or authorities
    • Sets up user identifications and passwords and implements policies regarding passwords and user/administrator permissions
    • Establishes secure external connections to network or desktops using secure remote access technology
    • Installs printers on networks or individual devices
    • Sets up network map, employee folders and centralized data repositories
    • Sets up email account for users and establishes storage limits and backup parameters
    • Maintains and manages software licenses
    • Removes users from network, archives data and files, removes workstations and disables devices for users exiting the organization or prohibited from using IT resources
  • Installs, provides user support for, or troubleshoots hardware and commercial software
    • Uses FAQ's or other job aids to troubleshoot hardware or software faults
    • Uses logic to discover source of faults and recommends appropriate solutions
    • Demonstrates ability to use basic software, including set-up of preferred default settings, instructs other users on the basic features of standard software packages, and identifies and remedies typical faults in relevant software packages
    • Identifies situations in which the fault must be escalated to a higher-level technology support individual, including an outside vendor
    • Contacts outside vendors or vendor-supported help desk to solve difficult problems or procure software patches
    • Prioritizes "tickets" or requests for help based on business need, staff hierarchy or urgency of problems
  • Supports internal or external clients in the use of audio/visual technology and conference technology
    • Sets up and links audiovisual equipment, including projectors, screens, laptops, cameras and related device
    • Installs, launches, operates and troubleshoots software designed to facilitate presentations, web-based conferencing and audio conferencing
    • Tests equipment and software prior to use to ensure sound and video quality is acceptable
    • Sets up, schedules and manages web-based or video conferences
    • Provides support to users during meetings, conferences or webinars
    • Sets up user accounts on voice technologies or systems, including voicemail
  • Installs, maintains and troubleshoots networks
    • Installs and maintains wired and wireless networks
    • Connects devices to networks physically and using remote access technologies
    • Installs network security software and devices and monitors system for signs of hacking, intrusion or viruses
    • Tests resiliency of security devices or software and monitors bandwidth utilization
    • Establishes and sets access levels and permissions based on employees' job roles and company policies
    • Assists in setting up, configuring and managing servers including data storage
    • Sets up user identification parameters on servers
    • Assists in monitoring server use, efficacy of data back-up and storage systems and integrity of redundant systems or technologies
  • Makes minor software modifications to improve performance or customize to user needs
    • Surveys user needs to understand what modifications are needed
    • Modifies a program within a software package, including securing permission from vendors to do so
    • Inserts or loads organizational templates or standards into software, such as presentation templates in PowerPoint or equivalent software
    • Monitors computer performance and recommends/makes upgrades or modifications as necessary to improve speed or other performance parameters
    • Uses software to set up needed business functions, such as workflows, tracking, archiving or other functions
  • Assists in maintaining or updating web content and manages user access profiles and authorities
    • Sets user/author access permissions based on organization's policies
    • Uploads new content to organization's website or removes old content as instructed
    • Tests functionality of links embedded in the website
    • Notifies appropriate person if incorrect, outdated or otherwise problematic content is identified
    • Notifies appropriate person if website is not functioning properly
  • Monitors and helps maintain network security by adhering to security policies
    • Monitors adherence to password policies, including enforcement of password update intervals
    • Sets user access levels and permissions based on organizational policies
    • Monitors antiviral software to understand potential threats and updates as needed
    • Reads, attends conferences or interacts with other IT professionals to know and understand current threat levels and mechanisms
    • Ensures that encryption technology and access controls are utilized to protect sensitive data
    • Ensures that off-site staff are using secure connections to access network
    • Assists in or monitors use of back-up technologies and network redundancies to minimize risk
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