The phrase "a specialized trade" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific field of work or profession that requires specialized skills or knowledge.
Example: "He has spent years mastering a specialized trade, which has allowed him to excel in his career as a craftsman."
Alternatives: "a specific profession" or "a skilled occupation".
The manufacture of the Windsor chair of Victorian and Edwardian times was a specialized trade.
In the new movie, Duris, wearing those slim-cut suits that only young French and Italian men seem to be able to fit into, plays Alex, a con artist in a specialized trade: He gets hired, by a parent or a concerned friend, to attract a young woman who is heading for an unhappy marriage.
New York City schools, on the other hand, offer a wide range of options for a student with a passion for drama or dance, or one who wants to study with a research scientist at a major teaching hospital, or one who is interested in a specialized trade -- such as studying to be an airline mechanic at Aviation High School.
I had never worked in TV and though I had seven years of journalism experience under my belt, it was at a specialized trade magazine, The American Lawyer.
Musical instrument construction is a specialized trade that requires years of training, practice, and sometimes an apprenticeship.
For real estate agents, selling homes valued at over $10 million is a very specialized trade and most brokers in the game hold only a handful of such listings at a time.
But shorting is a very specialized trading technique that requires a lot of attention.
International trade in millet is controlled by a few specialized trading companies and generally conducted on a sample basis.
WASHINGTON A local gum-removing guru has spoken: George Washington University's Gelman Library is a daunting place to apply his specialized trade.
Apprenticeships are an efficient way to address the paradoxical imbalance between increasing market demand for specialized trade skills in an environment otherwise plagued by high unemployment and declining labor force participation.
"The bottom line is that there simply is no work for these specialized trade workers right now," Vito A. Turso, a spokesman for the department, said yesterday.
