skilled worker
collocation in Englishmeaningsofskilledandworker
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skilled
adjective
uk/skɪld/us/skɪld/
having the abilities needed to do an activity or ...
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worker
noun[C]
uk/ˈwɜː.kər/us/ˈwɝː.kɚ/
someone who works in a particular job or in a ...
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(Definition ofskilledandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The subject was apparently askilledworker, so his wages were well above the average.
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Then, theskilledworkerwill not shirk for a weaker wage differential.
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Five occupational categories were used: professional and business executive, clerical and sales worker, farmer and farm labourer,skilledworkerand unskilled worker.
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The average daily income of a carpenter (a fairlyskilledworker) around 1650 was 24 to 28 stuivers.
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As a result, the chances of askilledworkerof finding identical work after being dismissed were low, but this had no effect on the level of the insiders' wages.
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The investment in education is required to become askilledworkerand is individually profitable, although it is costly.
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To whom are these houses allocated, the firm or theskilledworker?
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One of the greatest problems of management is how to train theskilledworker.
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One is an unskilled worker, a warehouseman, and the other is askilledworker, an electrician.
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The sheepdog is a highlyskilledworker, as is his master.
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What are the problems which face the older worker, even theskilledworker?
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Not for them are the high wages of theskilledworker.
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Here you have three parties—theskilledworker, the employer, and the labourer.
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Emigration should not be for the young executive or theskilledworkeron the shop floor.
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An employer can employ a young person and pay him less than askilledworker.
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Apart from certain types ofskilledworker, the labour demands of the programme are being satisfied.
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