Most “unskilled labor” is heavily skill dependant. You wouldn’t want a chef, builder or plumber who didn’t know what they were doing. And for production: machinists, mechanics and foremen make or break profit with their skills.

So what’s a better name for these jobs?

  • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    yes, you are hired to do a thing that requires skill. Everything requires skill, if something did not require some level of skill there would be no job.

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      17 days ago

      Again, depends on your definition of skill.

      I would not classify the ability to grab, lift or carry as a “skill” in terms of labour. You are hired to do work. But if basically any able-bodied person could do the work, it doesn’t require skill.