"occupational skill" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing the skills that are necessary for a certain job or occupation. For example, "The job requires a good understanding of technology and a high level of organizational and communication skills, as well as various occupational skills."
In a third specification, returns to schooling are allowed to vary by immigration cohort and in a fourth specification by occupational skill level (skilled and un-skilled).
The potential for substitution varies heavily among the different occupational skill levels, but low-skilled activities might be more affected by displacement effect.
Imai et al. (2011) further calculated the potential loss in immigrants' earnings due to inability to work in an occupation that matches their source-country occupational skill requirements.
Imai et al. (2011) further calculated the potential loss in immigrants' earnings resulting from the inability to work in an occupation that matches their source-country occupational skill requirements.
Geel et al. (2011) developed on the basis of occupational skill portfolios a measure for the distance between occupations.
The dependent variables, ∆skill and ∆working conditions, are equal to the differences in SK and WC, the O*NET indices of occupational skill requirements and working conditions, respectively, between workers' primary job occupation and secondary job occupation.
The preeminent importance of occupation-specific job opportunities indicates that vocational training systems need to provide the occupational skills demanded by employers to prevent their graduates from having to change occupations and to thus shelter them from the risk of entering the labour market via unskilled employment.
Craft skills and routine occupational skills can be measured by tests based on agreed standards, but occupations measurable in this way account only for a limited range of training activities.
Typically, the programs combine academic instruction with occupational skills training.
We also must change the occupational skills of managers and engineers and some production workers.
In 1965 the quotas of origin were abandoned in favour of family reunification or occupational skills.
