occupation

skilled/unskilled occupations (=needing training and experience/not needing training and experience)

Example Sentences:

Plumbing and carpentry are highly skilled occupations.

Workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer job opportunities.

service occupations (=a job in which you provide a service rather than producing goods)

Example Sentences:

Around two-thirds of the labor force is employed in service occupations.

professional occupations/white-collar occupations(=jobs that usually involve a lot of education)

Example Sentences:

Teachers’ pay compares poorly with that of other white-collar occupations.

"Occupation" can also mean an activity that a person spends time doing. For example:

Example Sentences:

His favorite occupation [=pastime] is playing chess.

managerial occupations (=a job that involves being a manager)

Example Sentences:

Women in managerial occupations tend to have children later.

"Occupation" can also mean the activity of living in or using a particular place. For example:

Example Sentences:

Some evidence of human occupation was found in these caves.

Collocations

have an occupation

Example Sentences:

The people in the region have a variety of occupations.

manual occupations/blue-collar occupations (=jobs in which you work using your hands)

Example Sentences:

People from manual occupations are most at risk of experiencing poverty.

choose an occupation

Example Sentences:

Young people need help with choosing a suitable occupation.

a working-class/middle-class occupation

Example Sentences:

Teaching is regarded as a middle-class occupation.

Working-class occupations may be divided into skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled.

take up an occupation = enter an occupation

Example Sentences:

Our recent graduates have entered a wide range of occupations.

Many of his colleagues have taken up another occupation.

"Occupation" means a person's job or profession. For example:

Example Sentences:

Our recent graduates have entered a wide range of occupations.

Many of his colleagues have taken up another occupation.

He is thinking about changing occupations and becoming a police officer.