Skills

Everything is a skill!

Labour

Skill	Acquired	Effects
Blacksmith	Working at the blacksmith	Gives the ability to craft higher-valued items
Woodwork	Crafting wooden items	Higher quality wooden items
Metalwork	Crafting metal items	Higher quality metal items
Farming	Farming	Higher yield, unlock different stuff to farm
Mining	Mining	Higher yield, Can mine more precious materials

Combat

Skill	Acquired
Sword	Using swords
Axe	Using axe
Spear	Using spear

The effects gained by leveling combat skills are quite general, and that is that they are just generally better with certain weapon types, and can wield higher leveled weapons