skilled craft

collocation in English

meaningsofskilledandcraft

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skilled
adjective
uk
/skɪld/us
/skɪld/
having the abilities needed to do an activity or ...
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craft
noun
uk
/krɑːft/us
/kræft/
skill and experience, especially in relation to making objects; a job or activity that needs skill and experience, or something produced using skill ...
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(Definition ofskilledandcraftfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Before the assembly line, production was done byskilledcraftworkers working under incomplete labor contracts.
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It is a great craft, a highlyskilledcraft.
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But other proud,skilledcraftindustries have had to make changes.
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Forskilledcraftworkers the figure was 271,650 for males and 5,430 for females.
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To-day, the hairdressing profession is really a highlyskilledcraftinvolving the use of electric current, machinery, poisons, chemicals and the like.
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We have to recognise as well that we are dealing with a proud,skilledcraftindustry.
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Many of theskilledcraftunions have always elected their officials.
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I think that type of highlyskilledcraftbusiness ought to be considered.
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There are the men who have learnt their craft, and a veryskilledcraftit was.
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I was one who had noskilledcraft.
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Cooking will henceforward be regarded as a highlyskilledcraft.
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At the same time, the workers in that industry depend on it for a livelihood and it is a highlyskilledcraftindustry.
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It is not a science, it is a craft—a very valuable craft, a highlyskilledcraft, which in its proper place can do good in its day.
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First, we must maintain and increase the present momentum of our development and without investment running into shortages or bringing an overload in theskilledcrafttrades.
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One of the classifications is apprenticeship or learnership to askilledcraft; another, introduced from the beginning of this year, covers other forms of organised training for skill.
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Essentially, textile production was no longer askilledcraftbut an industrial process that could be manned by semi-skilled labour.
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The discovery of metallurgical workshops for manufacturing tools indicates that the settlements housedskilledcraftactivities, which included permanent exchange relations.
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The cutting of letter punches was a highlyskilledcraftrequiring much patience and practice.
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Union organizing first arrived in the form of askilledcraftunion.
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