semi-skilled labour
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsemi-skilledandlabour
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semi-skilled
adjective
uk/ˌsem.iˈskɪld/us/ˌsem.iˈskɪld/
having or needing only a small amount ...
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labour
noun
uk/ˈleɪ.bər/us/ˈleɪ.bɚ/
practical work, especially when it involves hard ...
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(Definition ofsemi-skilledandlabourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This was a form ofsemi-skilledlabourmigration entirely organized by private firms, without any state intervention.
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The breeder needed to undertake those visual assessments, while the physiological measurements could be carried out with (lower-cost)semi-skilledlabour.
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By the end of 1919 there were twelve industrial settlements, with a total population of 4,583, and most had become suppliers of unskilled andsemi-skilledlabour.
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Much of the work could be done by unskilled orsemi-skilledlabour.
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There is a shortage of skilled andsemi-skilledlabour.
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It was very keen to turn the building industry over to a factory industry which could use moresemi-skilledlabour.
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A large part of the unskilled andsemi-skilledlabourin the motor factories is being paid wage rates much higher than is economically justifiable.
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We need hospitals, housing and schools which will provide employment for some of the unskilled andsemi-skilledlabourwhich otherwise faces a truly bleak future.
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This would clearly give rise to an additional need forsemi-skilledlabourin the construction industry.
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He pointed out that an immense amount of money was being wasted becausesemi-skilledlabourwas not being used.
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The answer is very simple; we pay unskilled andsemi-skilledlabourexcessively high wages in our motor factories.
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These modern techniques, however—not wholly, but in the main—displace unskilled andsemi-skilledlabour.
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I know of cases where people on assistance are definitely getting a considerable amount above others in em- ployment, mostlysemi-skilledlabour, in the district.
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In these areas there are many small companies and businesses which can attract part-time labour, and very often skilled andsemi-skilledlabour.
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The additional skilled andsemi-skilledlabourrequired by the programme has occasionally had to be provided at the cost of withdrawing labour from other activities.
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I am well aware of the need to train unskilled andsemi-skilledlabourin skilled trades in which there are shortages.
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I resent very much the implication thatsemi-skilledlabouris good enough to build working-class houses.
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There is still a reservoir of skilled andsemi-skilledlabourthere which could be used.
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The supply of adultsemi-skilledlabouris such that there is no need to train young people.
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Then we have schools for the education and training of skilled andsemi-skilledlabour.
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