POSITION DESCRIPTIONAUSTRALIAN IT SPECIALISTS NOVEMBER 2008
Position Title: Associate/Assistant Programmer
Position Code:23
Career Level:1

Responsible for
Assisting in converting applications specifications into operable Programs. Most of the employee's time (up to 100%) will be spent writing code/Programming.
 
Reports To
Project Team Leader, Senior Analyst Programmer.
 
Supervises
No supervisory responsibilities.
 
Main Activities
  • Coding, testing and installing applications Programs either in one major Program or possibly a range of Programs across platforms.
  • Receiving pre-designed, basic Programming tasks from members of the project team.
  • Documenting developed Programs.
  • Maintaining applications Programs.
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    Key Skills
  • Basic skills in one or more of the major Programming languages (either 'legacy' or 'hot') such as Cobol, C++, Visual Basic, Java, XML, ASP, COM/DCOM and/or SQL development tools.
  • Basic skills and knowledge of one of the major relational database packages such as Oracle, SQL Server, Access, Sybase or DB2.
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    Internal Contacts
    Project Leader, Analyst Programmers.
     
    External Contacts
    Very limited contact with external contacts.
     
    Typical Experience
    Limited to no experience in Programming in a large IT site. Completed or completing tertiary qualifications in Computer Science or a related discipline.
     
    Other Comments
    This may be viewed as an entry level or developmental position for an employee training to be a competent Analyst Programmer.
     
     

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