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Database and system administrator ** Adrian Ciora ** Summary Database/systems administrators work on a organizations computer systems and databases, they also ensure the security of the organisations database and operating systems. They also work to make sure that security policies are maintained. The pay for a database and systems administrator can be anywhere between 45k and 126k a year. To become a database and systems administrator you are required to have a degree or a diploma in computing, information sciences and/or business computing. Database/Systems administrators get a large amount of on the job learning and can attend very many different courses during the course of their job.

Task and Duties
 * Plan an organisations database
 * Develop an organisations database
 * Maintain an organisations database management systems, operating systems, security policies, and procedures.
 * Manage the organisations database, operating systems security policies, and procedures.
 * They are the administrators of a organisations database.

Skills and Knowledge Personal and Physical Qualities Qualifications and conditions
 * To become a database and systems administrator you require a diploma or degree in computing, information sciences, or business computing.
 * Database and systems administrators get on the job training and have many courses where they can go to update their technical knowledge and required skills.
 * Able to communicate well, they must simplify information about the computers and systems into simple words that people without a large amount of technical knowledge can understand.
 * Methodical and accurate because the slightest error in a programs code can be terrible and render it unusable until repair.
 * Understanding adaptable and patient
 * Good at problem solving and time management
 * Able to work well under pressure
 * Good at planning and organising
 * Database/Systems administrators spend a large amount of time using computers and could as a result get occupational overuse syndrome.
 * Secondary education it is recommended to take maths, physics, computer studies, and English.
 * To become a database and systems administrator you want to have a diploma or degree in computing, information sciences, or business computing
 * Usually requires 3 years of training
 * It is usually best to have worked in a operating system company such as Microsoft or Cisco.
 * Working conditions are working in front of a computer and having to bring work home to finish some complex codes.
 * You must explain complex computer terms to other people in simplified terms so contact with people must be vital in the job.
 * They can get paid 45k a year and can progress up to 126k after 6 or more years.
 * Jobs related to this one would be programmers.

Conclusion The thing about this job that I would enjoy most would be the fact that I would get to be around computers the whole time I work. I enjoy working with computers and as such I believe that it would be a great job for me. The one thing I would not enjoy about that job would be the fact that I would not enjoy having to bring work home with me in order to finish a program.