High-Skilled Worker

A High-Skilled Worker is a worker who requires a high-skill level (received significant training in some task) to perform their high-skill job.

Context:
- They can (typically) perform a High Skill Job.
- They can (typically) be a Gifted Agent.
- They can range from being a High-Skill Cognitive Worker to being a High-Skilled Creative Worker.
- They can (often) be a High-Wage Worker.
- They can be a member of a High-Skill Worker Population.
- They can range from being an Employed High-Skill Worker to being a Unemployed High-Skill Worker.
- They can (typically) be a Highly Educated Person, such as a College-Educated Worker.
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Example(s):
- a Surgeon.
- a Lawyer.
- a Software Programming Worker.
- a Symphony Conductor.
- a Knowledge Worker.
- a High-School Teacher.
- a Sauté Chef.
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Counter-Example(s):
- a Medium-Skilled Worker.
- a Low Skill Worker.
- a Highly-Creative Worker.
- a Highly-Paid Worker.
See: Occupation, Education Level.

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skilled_worker
- A skilled worker is any worker who has some special skill, knowledge, or (usually acquired) ability in their work. A skilled worker may have attended a college, university or technical school. Or, a skilled worker may have learned their skills on the job. An example of a skilled labor job is gamemaking and computer manufacturing.

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