skilled occupation

collocation in English

meaningsofskilledandoccupation

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skilled
adjective
uk
/skɪld/us
/skɪld/
having the abilities needed to do an activity or ...
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occupation
noun
uk
/ˌɒk.jəˈpeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.kjəˈpeɪ.ʃən/
a ...
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(Definition ofskilledandoccupationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofskilled occupation

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When asked whether gaining human capital would enhance employment security, most participants thought it would, but again referred to the perceived security of being in askilledoccupation.
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Many other highly skilled workers found themselves compelled to drop theirskilledoccupationand find some other way of earning a living.
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I agree that the agricultural labourer is a man who is engaged in askilledoccupation.
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Farming today is a very technical andskilledoccupation.
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In the present state of unemployment there are unfortunately nearly always fully competent ex-service men available for every vacancy in askilledoccupation.
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It is the mostskilledoccupationthere is and the one which would be most sadly missed if it were not there.
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That is a highlyskilledoccupation, which needs training and understanding, like other occupations of a skilled character.
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We must give security in the mills and make the people no longer afraid that their children shall embark on this highlyskilledoccupation.
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Politics can be less of askilledoccupation.
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At its recent conference, the association put it on record that the chance of getting training for askilledoccupationdeclined as time went on.
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I am afraid that it is also true that everyskilledoccupationsince the beginning of civilisation has had a vested interest in limiting entry.
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I fear that the nature of the schemes is such that they cannot include provision for the training of the men referred to in askilledoccupation.
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Is he aware that, when he suggests that semi-skilled or unskilled men should move to the coal mining industry, he is forgetting that coal mining is also askilledoccupation?
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I am consulting the local authority associations and representative industrial bodies on the recommendation that a scheme of compulsory registration of young persons training forskilledoccupationshould be introduced.
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It is askilledoccupation.
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Every advantage should be given to such a man as compared to his neighbour, who might be quite prepared to take up some lessskilledoccupation.
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There is a vast percentage of unemployed men and women now in everyskilledoccupationin the country—cabinet-making, joinery, metal-work, building, brickwork; everything is filled to overflowing already.
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He must be satisfied that he is able to get a reasonable wage for his work which, as many speakers have already said, is askilledoccupation.
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