diff --git a/care/facility/management/commands/load_dummy_data.py b/care/facility/management/commands/load_dummy_data.py
index 1ce9e1d0d6..819b54a764 100644
--- a/care/facility/management/commands/load_dummy_data.py
+++ b/care/facility/management/commands/load_dummy_data.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
             management.call_command("load_data", "kerala")
             management.call_command("load_medicines_data")
             management.call_command("seed_data")
+            management.call_command("load_skill_data")
             management.call_command("loaddata", self.BASE_URL + "facility.json")
             management.call_command("loaddata", self.BASE_URL + "cypress_users.json")
             management.call_command("loaddata", self.BASE_URL + "facility_users.json")
diff --git a/care/users/management/commands/load_skill_data.py b/care/users/management/commands/load_skill_data.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d476f793f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/care/users/management/commands/load_skill_data.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+from django.core.management import BaseCommand
+
+from care.users.models import Skill
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    """
+    Command to load default skills
+    """
+
+    help = "Seed Data for Skills"
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        self.stdout.write("Seeding Skills Data... ", ending="")
+
+        skills = [
+            "Anesthesiologist",
+            "Cardiac Surgeon",
+            "Cardiologist",
+            "Dermatologist",
+            "Diabetologist",
+            "Emergency Medicine Physician",
+            "Endocrinologist",
+            "Family Physician",
+            "Gastroenterologist",
+            "General Medicine",
+            "General Surgeon",
+            "Hematologist",
+            "Intensivist",
+            "Medical Officer",
+            "Nephrologist",
+            "Neuro Surgeon",
+            "Neurologist",
+            "Obstetrician and Gynecologist",
+            "Oncologist",
+            "Oncology Surgeon",
+            "Ophthalmologist",
+            "Orthopedic",
+            "Orthopedic Surgeon",
+            "Otolaryngologist (ENT)",
+            "Pediatrician",
+            "Palliative care Physician",
+            "Pathologist",
+            "Physician",
+            "Plastic Surgeon",
+            "Psychiatrist",
+            "Pulmonologist",
+            "Radio technician",
+            "Radiologist",
+            "Rheumatologist",
+            "Thoraco-Vascular Surgeon",
+            "Urologist",
+        ]
+
+        Skill.objects.bulk_create(
+            [Skill(name=skill) for skill in skills], ignore_conflicts=True
+        )
+
+        self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS("OK"))
diff --git a/docs/django-commands/configuration.rst b/docs/django-commands/configuration.rst
index 03d53e2f8f..d873646fbf 100644
--- a/docs/django-commands/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/django-commands/configuration.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ All Django commands must be executed by invoking :code:`python manage.py`, so fo
 |                     |                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
 |                     |                                                               | Example Invocation: :code:`python manage.py seed_data`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
 +---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| load_skill_data     | None                                                          | This command loads default skills                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
+|                     |                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
+|                     |                                                               | Example Invocation: :code:`python manage.py load_skill_data`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
++---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | summarize           | None                                                          | The summary jobs are run by Celery every 10 mins, but we can force Django to summarize the current data and update the summary table with this command                                                                                                                                                                           |
 |                     |                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
 |                     |                                                               | Example Invocation: :code:`python manage.py summarize`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |