Ubuciko uhla olwahlukahlukene (nemikhiqizo) yemisebenzi yabantu efaka umcabango wokudala ukuveza ubuchwepheshe bezobuchwepheshe, ubuhle,amandla ezemizwa , noma imibono yomqondo. Template:Wide imageNgokombono womlando wobuciko, imisebenzi yobuciko ibikhona cishe isikhathi eside njengesintu: kusukela kubuciko bangaphambi komlando kuya kubuciko besimanje ;kodwa-ke,ezinye izazi zemfundiso yenkolo zinomuzwa wokuthi umqondo ojwayelekile "wemisebenzi yobuciko" awulingani kahle ngaphandle kwemiphakathi yanamuhla yaseNtshonalanga.Umqondo wokuqala wencazelo yobuciko uhlobene kakhulu nencazelo yakudala yesiLatini, ehumusha ngokuqinile ukuthi "ikhono" noma "ubuciko",njengoba kuhlotshaniswa namagama anjengelithi "artisan".Amazwi English kulomthombo incazelo zihlanganisa mshini, yokufakelwa, artifice, ubuciko wezokwelapha,futhi ubuciko ezempi.Kodwa-ke, kukhona okunye ukusetshenziswa okuningi okuvamile kwegama,konke ngokuhlobene ne- etymology yalo. Umqondo wakamuva futhi oqondile wegama lobuciko njengesifinyezo sobuciko bokudala noma ubuciko obuhle buvele ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-17. Ubuciko obuhle bubhekisa ekhonweni elisetshenziselwa ukuveza ubuciko bomculi, noma ukubandakanya imizwa yobuhle yezithameli, noma ukudonsela izethameli ekucabangeni ngomsebenzi wobuciko ocijisiswe kakhudlwana noma ocolekile. Ngaphakathi kwalo mqondo wakamuva, igama elithi ubuciko lingabhekisa ezintweni eziningana: (i)isifundo sekhono lokudala, (ii) inqubo yokusebenzisa ikhono lokudala, (iii) umkhiqizo wekhono lokudala, noma (iv) isipiliyoni sezithameli ngekhono lokudala.