A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in reworking rejected ball bearings. Respnsibilities include:

• Disassembles and inspects races, faceways, cups, cones, retainers, and bearings.
• Diagnoses imperfections, such as parts not within tolerance, scratches, burrs, rust, or dirt and determines if part can be reworked or should be rejected.
• Assigns bearings to assistants to be reworked, advises them on problems involving bearing salvage, and trains workers in principles and practices of salvaging rejects.
• Inspects reworked bearings and components, using special go-not-go gauges, calipers, and micrometers.
• May operate lathes to turn, bore, face, and polish raceways, and perform related operations to rework bearings.