Dr. Engr. Md. Sakawat Ali

E-mail: sakawat_ali@yahoo.com

A skills is defined as the expertise of individuals that is naturally acquired or developed through training. A skilled workforce is workforce who has special skills, knowledge and ability in his or her works. A skilled workforce may learn his or her skills on the job. A skilled worker is any worker who has special skill, training, knowledge, and (usually acquired) ability in their work. A skilled worker may have attended a college, university or technical school.

Knowledge, Skills and Responsibility level of skilled workforces is given below:  

Knowledge	Skills	Responsibility	Job classification
Broad knowledge of the underlying, concepts, principles, and processes in a specific study area	Range of cognitive and practical skills required to accomplish tasks and solve problems by selecting and applying the full range of  methods, tools, materials and information	Take responsibility, within reason, for completion of tasks in work or study. Apply past experiences  in solving similar problems	Skilled Worker

 Skilled Work:

 Skilled work requires workers to use their judgment to make decisions and may require them to measure, calculate, read, or estimate. Skilled work often has specific qualifications such as educational degrees or professional training and usually requires intellectual reasoning and problem-solving skills. It typically takes six months to a year or more to learn a skilled job.

Here are some examples of skilled jobs:

• Secretary or administrative assistant
• Sales representative
• Customer service representative
• Tailor
• Nurse
• Office clerk
• Teacher or teacher's aide
• Fast food cook
• Travel agent, and
• Mortgage processor.

 

It's difficult for a disability applicant with a history of skilled work to be found disabled – unless the applicant can't do even sedentary work – because there are many different types of skilled, semi-skilled, unskilled sedentary jobs that a person with skills may be able to do. And it's much less likely for a skilled worker to fit into a grid rule, because someone with transferable job skills won't be found disabled under the grid rules.

Key Words: Skilled