skilled workers
Competent labor force
Skilled workers are people whose jobs require specialized training, expertise, or developed abilities—electricians, machinists, nurses, carpenters.
The term distinguishes them from unskilled or semiskilled labor, which involves tasks that can be learned quickly.
The factory needs skilled workers who can operate CNC equipment.
Immigration policies often favor skilled workers.
- electricianWiring installation specialist
- carpenterTimber construction tradesperson
- masonBuilder using brick, mortar
- plumberWater system tradesperson
- tool beltWaist-worn equipment holder
accountant · mechanic · sculptor · painter · vocational · graphic designer · engineer · welder · journeyman · master craftsman · machinist · blue collar · surveyor · tradesperson · chemist · guild · union card · trade school
- resourcesresources, money, natural resources, human resources, financial resources
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
- workforceworkers, employee, employees, labor force, employer
- British Emigrationexpat communities, economic migrants, colonial settlers, war brides, transportation
- labor migrationmigrant workers, labor migration, guest workers, foreign workers, work permit
skilled workersunskilled labor
Work requiring no expertise
novices · raw recruits · manual laborers · day laborers · casual labor
skilled workersunskilled labor
Work requiring no expertise
drudges · drones · rank and file · foot soldiers · cogs