skilled

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AFSCME’s members include custodians, gardeners, dining hall food service staff, transportation workers and skilled craft workers such as plumbers and electricians.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Things got clearer after she took him and a handful of students to a union expo, where he learned about pipe fitting and other skilled trades.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

The construction and installation of offshore wind turbines requires the expertise of skilled electrical workers, pipe fitters, welders, pile drivers, iron workers, machinists and carpenters.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Another resident, also speaking anonymously, claimed a drone had been put up as part of a "skilled operation" by those behind the work to catch people spying.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

My father was allowed to live only because he is a skilled stone carver.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman