manual skills
Working with hands
Manual skills are abilities involving coordinated use of the hands—crafting, repairing, building, operating tools.
The phrase emphasizes physical dexterity and learned technique over intellectual or theoretical knowledge: The job requires strong manual skills, She developed her manual skills through years of woodworking.
Often contrasted with cognitive or academic abilities.
- fine motor skillsSmall muscle control ability
- assemblingFitting parts together
- pipettingMeasured liquid transfer
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- cutSeverance or reduction
glassblowing · coordination · steady hands · machining · embroidery · suturing · surgical precision · sculpting · calligraphy · dental procedures · soldering · pottery · watchmaking · welding · lockpicking · sleight of hand · knife skills · woodworking
- skillsskills, ability, abilities, competencies, talent
- shop classwoodworking, metalworking, shop teacher, wood shop, metal shop
- medieval tradesblacksmith, carpenter, baker, weaver, potter
manual skillscognitive skills
Thinking and reasoning abilities
analytical skills · abstract thinking · critical thinking · problem-solving · soft skills