skilling
skilling — noun
1. the process of teaching people or helping them gain the abilities they need for
the process of teaching people or helping them gain the abilities they need for work or everyday life — used mainly in formal or official contexts such as government programmes, company training plans, and reports on the workforce.
South Korea's government launched a national skilling programme for 5,000 unemployed semiconductor workers.
skilling programme — compound noun as modifier
The World Bank urges more investment in the skilling of Indonesian youth for data roles.
skilling of [group] — gerund + of + object
German automotive companies now offer upskilling and reskilling to help assembly workers move into robotics.
Hassan found work after completing a government skilling scheme in data analysis.
Fast change in cloud computing means continuous skilling is vital for IT support staff.
The apprenticeship programme includes practical skilling in carpentry and joinery.
Skilling in basic first aid is part of induction for staff at Taiwan care homes.
Linh spent two years doing hands-on skilling at a local automotive workshop.
The centre specialises in the skilling of students for jobs in construction and plumbing.
Regular skilling sessions helped the trainees improve their welding technique.
- training
broader and more common in everyday language; 'training' covers physical, practical, and theoretical instruction, while 'skilling' is mostly used in formal workforce contexts
- skills development
a close synonym that is more transparent in meaning and more widely used in both formal and informal contexts
- capacity building
even more formal, used mainly in international development and aid contexts for whole organisations or communities
- vocational training
more widely used and more transparent; 'vocational training' is the standard term in education policy, especially for trade-based learning
- apprenticeship
refers specifically to a structured programme combining work and study, rather than the general process of training
- hands-on training
less formal and emphasises learning by doing rather than classroom instruction
- deskilling
the process of losing skills or reducing the skill level required for a job through automation or work simplification
文法句型
skilling + of + [group]
skilling programme/initiative/scheme
用法筆記
Frequently appears in compounds: 'upskilling' (learning new, often higher-level skills) and 'reskilling' (learning different skills for a new role). 'Multiskilling' refers to training workers in several areas at once. The standalone uncountable form is most natural with a following 'of'-phrase or as a modifier in noun compounds like 'skilling programme'. Skilling often refers specifically to practical or hands-on training in a vocational or trade context, such as an apprenticeship programme. The pattern 'skilling in [trade name]' is typical for this vocational use.
常見錯誤
skilling — verb
- skillingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- skillings3rd person singular
- skillinging-ing form
- skillingedpast simple
1. to be significant or to have any effect on the outcome of something — a very old
to be significant or to have any effect on the outcome of something — a very old use, found today only in historical or literary texts.
"It skills not to argue further," said the knight, "for the battle is already lost."
archaic pattern: it skills not + to-infinitive
In the old poem, the hero declares that it skills little whether the king approves.
archaic pattern: it skills little + whether-clause
A 1590s pamphlet says 'it skills not who began the quarrel' — now an obsolete phrase.
In a 16th-century letter the writer says "it skills nothing what the council decides," using the old verb.
文法句型
it skills not [to do something]
it skills little [whether/if-clause]
用法筆記
This verb is now archaic. You will only encounter it in older literature (Shakespeare's time or earlier). Its modern equivalent is 'it does not matter' or 'it makes no difference'. The present participle 'skilling' (as in 'skilling not what others think') was never common and is now completely obsolete.