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occupation
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + occupation
manual occupations/blue-collar occupations
(= jobs in which you work using your hands )
• People from manual occupations are most at risk of experiencing poverty.
professional occupations/white-collar occupations
(= jobs that usually involve a lot of education )
• professional occupations such as medicine or the law • Teachers’ pay compares poorly with that of other white-collar occupations.
skilled/unskilled occupations
(= needing training and experience/not needing training and experience )
• Plumbing and carpentry are highly skilled occupations. • Workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer job opportunities.
a working-class/middle-class occupation
• Teaching is regarded as a middle-class occupation. • Working-class occupations may be divided into skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled.
a male/female occupation
(= a job that traditionally is done by men or women )
• traditional female occupations such as nursing
managerial occupations
(= a job that involves being a manager )
• Women in managerial occupations tend to have children later.
service occupations
(= a job in which you provide a service rather than producing goods )
• Around two thirds of the labour force is employed in service occupations.
verbs
have an occupation
• The people in the region have a variety of occupations.
choose an occupation
• Young people need help with choosing a suitable occupation.
take up an occupation
( also enter an occupation formal ) (= start doing one )
• Many of his colleagues have taken up another occupation. • Our recent graduates have entered a wide range of occupations.
follow an occupation
formal (= do one )
• The third son followed his father’s occupation.
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noun job ADJ. full-time | dangerous, hazardous | female, male Agricultural work is traditionally seen as a male occupation. | low-paid, well-paid | high-status, low-status | sedentary | managerial, professional, technical | skilled, unskilled | manual, non-manual | blue-collar, white-collar | industrial, service service occupations such as cleaning and catering VERB + OCCUPATION choose, find | take up | follow The people interviewed followed a variety of occupations | give up He gave up his occupation as a farmer and became a teacher. | resume | provide (sb with) PHRASES a range of occupations The college provides training in a wide range of occupations. control of another country ADJ. continuing | military VERB + OCCUPATION begin, take up | be/remain in | give up The invaders have given up occupation of large parts of the territories. | resume OCCUPATION + VERB begin, end OCCUPATION + NOUN force, power | zone PREP. during the ~ During the occupation, the church was used as a mosque. | under ~ Large parts of Britain were under Roman occupation. living in a room, house, etc. ADJ. exclusive | joint, multiple the conversion of big old buildings to multiple occupation | peaceful the right to peaceful occupation of the property | land | illegal, unlawful illegal occupation of the premises VERB + OCCUPATION take up You can only take up occupation once the tenancy has been signed. | be/remain in, enjoy | share | give up | resume PREP. in ~ of He intends to remain in occupation of the building for as long as possible. PHRASES ready for occupation The flats will be ready for occupation by March. | unfit for occupation The houses were judged to be unfit for human occupation.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary