Job Description:

• 1) Tests rubber protective goods, such as gloves, sleeves, blankets or mats, and heavy hoods, used by workers working on high-voltage power lines and equipment: Examines rubber goods to detect defects, such as blisters, breaks, or deterioration.

• 2) Clips rubber goods to metal rod of dielectric-strength-testing machine and partially submerges articles in water tank of machine.

• 3) Manipulates controls to discharge excessive voltage through metal rod and rubber goods to water.

• 4) Observes apparatus for flash or opening of circuit breaker, indicating defective goods.

• 5) Reads milliammeter on panel to determine if amount of current passed through article to water is within prescribed tolerance.

• 6) Discards defective equipment.

• 7) May inflate gloves on special apparatus to detect defects.

• 8) May make mechanical tests on goods for conformance to purchase specifications, using testing apparatus, such as micrometers, rulers, and tensile-testing machine.