World of Warcraft Wow Profession Guide

Bonus to skill
You can also increase your skill level with certain racial abilities, items, and enchants. Principally the chance to skill up is based off of the characters base skill level - i.e. the skill level before the racial or item bonus. This makes it much easier to level up the skill. The Draenei Jewelcrafting skill bonus of 5, for example, means that a recipe that turned from orange to yellow at 30 for other races would not turn yellow until 35 for a Draenei jewelcrafter.
Racial profession
Certain races receive a profession skill bonus as a racial trait.
• Gnome → +15 Engineering
• Tauren → +15 Herbalism
• Draenei → +5 Jewelcrafting
• Blood Elf → +10 Enchanting
Enchants
Certain enchants give profession skill bonuses.
• Enchant Gloves - Fishing adds 2 to Fishing skill.
• Enchant Gloves - Herbalism adds 2 to Herbalism skill.
• Enchant Gloves - Mining adds 2 to Mining skill.
• Enchant Gloves - Skinning adds 5 to Skinning skill.
• Enchant Gloves - Advanced Mining adds 5 to Mining skill.
• Enchant Gloves - Advanced Herbalism adds 5 to Herbalism skill.
Equipment
Certain items give profession skill bonuses.
• [Finkle's Skinner] adds +10 to Skinning skill.
• [Zulian Slicer] adds +10 to Skinning skill.
• [Goblin Mining Helmet] adds +5 to Mining skill.
• [Herbalist's Gloves] adds +5 to Herbalism skill.
• See Boosting Your Fishing Skill for a table of the many items that add to fishing skill.
These items can allow you to skin creatures with levels greater than 70, or catch fish in areas that require greater than 375 Fishing skill.