semi-skilled

semi-skilled
semi-skilled ˌsemi-ˈskilled adjective
semi-skilled workers are not in highly skilled or professional jobs, but need some special skills to do their job:

• It would sometimes take months to fill semi-skilled assembly jobs.

— compare skilled, unskilled

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semi-skilled UK US adjective
having or needing only a small amount of training: »

semi-skilled jobs/workers/labour

Compare SKILLED(Cf. ↑skilled), UNSKILLED(Cf. ↑unskilled)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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