Database Administrator
Completion requirements
Read this summary report for DBAs. Familiarize yourself with the knowledge, skills, abilities, and education level organizations look for when seeking to hire database administrators.
Remember, proper data management and data lifecycle management add value to any organization. It is becoming easier to share and manage data due to advancements in technology. Therefore, it is important to have data management and data lifecycle management processes. This produces integrity in standards that effectively collect, analyze, and share data.
Summary Report for: 15-1242.00 - Database Administrators
Knowledge
- Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Telecommunications - Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Administrative - Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
- Communications and Media - Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.