verb · neutral
reskill
/riːˈskɪl/re·SKILL
to teach or learn new skills so someone can do a different job
Examples
“Factories offer programs to reskill workers whose jobs are automated.”
“Mid-career professionals often need to reskill to move into growing industries.”
“Governments may fund reskilling schemes as part of a response to technological change.”
Band 8 sentence
“As automation spreads, governments should invest in large-scale reskilling initiatives to prevent mass unemployment.”
Collocations
- reskill workers
- reskilling programme
- need to reskill
Word family
Common mistakes
They need to re-skill to new jobs.→They need to reskill for new jobs.
We reskill the workers last year.→We reskilled the workers last year.
They need reskill to adapt.→They need to reskill to adapt.
Say it for a higher band
5learn again→6retrain→7+reskill
Synonyms
retrain
upskill
Easily confused
retrain
“The company retrained technicians to use the new diagnostic equipment.”
upskill
“Teachers were offered courses to upskill in online teaching methods.”
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