skilled worker

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Noun 1. [画像:skilled worker - a worker who has acquired special skills]skilled worker - a worker who has acquired special skills

skilled workman, trained worker

worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"

oceanaut, aquanaut - a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research

armorer, armourer - a worker skilled in making armor or arms; "a sword made by a famous English armorer"

aeronaut, airman, aviator, flier, flyer - someone who operates an aircraft

bread maker, baker - someone who bakes bread or cake

balloonist - someone who flies a balloon

slaughterer, butcher - a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market

calligrapher, calligraphist - someone skilled in penmanship

minter, moneyer, coiner - a skilled worker who coins or stamps money

cook - someone who cooks food

artisan, journeyman, artificer, craftsman - a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

crew member, crewman - a member of a flight crew

cutter - someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)

dental hygienist - someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays)

draftsman, draftsperson, draughtsman - a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines

dyer - someone whose job is to dye cloth

editor, editor in chief - a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

electrician, linesman, lineman - a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines

engraver - a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching

aesthetician, esthetician - a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.)

fisher, fisherman - someone whose occupation is catching fish

founder - a worker who makes metal castings

framer - someone who makes frames (as for pictures)

fumigator - someone whose job is to fumigate

galvaniser, galvanizer - a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc

gilder - someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt

grip - worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made

harpooneer, harpooner - someone who launches harpoons

hunter, huntsman - someone who hunts game

indexer - someone who provides an index

laminator - a person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates)

lobsterman - a person whose occupation is catching lobsters

lockkeeper, lockman, lockmaster - a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)

mender, repairer, fixer - a skilled worker who mends or repairs things

funeral director, funeral undertaker, mortician, undertaker - one whose business is the management of funerals

mounter - a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc.

functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office

oilman - a worker who produces or sells petroleum

lens maker, optician - a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision

painter - a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint

perfecter - a skilled worker who perfects something; "although not the inventor he must be recognized as the perfecter of this technique"

phlebotomist - someone who practices phlebotomy

plaiter - someone who plaits (hair or fabric etc.)

plasterer - a worker skilled in applying plaster

plater - a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold)

power worker, power-station worker - a worker at a power station

pressman, printer - someone whose occupation is printing

projectionist - the person who operates the projector in a movie house

refiner - one whose work is to refine a specific thing; "he was a sugar refiner"

preserver, refinisher, renovator, restorer - a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture

riveter, rivetter - a worker who inserts and hammers rivets

router - a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery

Translations

operaio specializzato

skilled worker

n → Facharbeiter(in) m(f)

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