skilled

/skɪld/ adjective HR, WORKPLACE

Definition

› having the special abilities and experience to do a particular job well: skilled employees/staff/workers The temporary visas are available for skilled foreign workers. skilled negotiators/politicians/professionalsbe skilled at/in doing sth The highly-successful supermarket giant is skilled at obtaining products cheaply.

› skilled work needs to be done by someone who has had special training: skilled labour/work This is highly skilled work - it can't be done by people we pull off the street.

the skilled [plural] › people who have been trained to do a particular job: The United States and France are among those with time-limited visas for the skilled.

→ See also low-skilled, multi-skilled, semi-skilled, unskilled

(Definition of skilled adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)