I’m new to Blender, is there a way to create Vertex Selection Sets for skinning?
For example, in Maya, I can select a bunch of vert and create a quick select set I I don’t have to reselect the verts one by one again.
This helps me with skinning. I do have to re-select the verts at a later date if I need to tweak the skin weight values days later.
There is a addon called Zen Sets (paid) for that, but in your case logically you can use vertex groups as selection sets (just make sure they don’t have a bone assigned name 
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Thank you, I’m trying to keep the cost low. I’m hoping for a solution that does not need the purchase of an Add-On.
But if an Add-On can do it, does that mean Blender 3.6 can natively do it?
Why not use vertex groups???
I use the Forgotten Tools Add-on, which has a Selection Sets tool. This allows you to save sets of Vertices, or Edges, or Faces…
Using this avoids the problem Blenders Vertex Groups has - of not being able to select two rows of faces (one row apart) in a group without the faces between also being added.
Get Forgotten Tools free here on blenderartists, or go pay $5 for it on Blender Market.
In blender you do not need to select anything before adjusting weights. Change to Weight Paint Mode and paint away…
You can use a Paint Mask if you like with these two Icons (at the top to the right of “Weight Paint”)…
Whatever is selected in edit mode will become the mask - and you can Shift-Click to add/remove. Or use the tool the arrow is pointing at to select areas - which you will probably have set to Box Select. I prefer Lasso select.
Typical Blender - many ways to skin the proverbial cat…
Thank you MichaelBenDavid. Thank you, Matakani