Skills needed to raise issue (11)

'skills needed' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'raise issue' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'raise' could be 'parent' (synonyms) and 'parent' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'craft' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?