Defining Skilled Technical Work

This 29-page paper, written by Jonathan Rothwell and provided by the National Academy of Sciences, explores the way skilled technicians are defined. The goal of this paper "is to help frame how these workers should be defined and analyzed, with an emphasis on the skills that distinguish them from those in less advanced occupations." The following sections are included: Introduction, Defining Skilled Technical Work, How the Literature defines skilled technical workers, A new definition, Data sources and methods, Findings, Conclusion, and References. This paper is available free for download.