skilled labor

American  

noun

1. labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.

2. the workers employed in such labor.

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Etymology

Origin of skilled labor

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

That’s as those companies face bottlenecks from lack of contractors, skilled labor, equipment and transmission to deliver power to compute, he said.

From MarketWatch

“Think of it as the next layer of industrialization. AI increases throughput without requiring more skilled labor,” says Christin, the Carnegie Mellon professor.

From The Wall Street Journal

Engineering, procurement and construction contractors, for example, are in short supply because they are taking up data-center and natural-gas-fired power projects, pulling away skilled labor from solar projects, said Joseph Shangraw, research analyst at Wood Mackenzie.

From The Wall Street Journal

Only a handful of emerging economies combine digital capability, a skilled labor force, and a meaningful export base in tech.

From Barron's

Some experts are skeptical of startup efforts to solve what is more fundamentally a skilled labor shortage.

From The Wall Street Journal