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?
We have 2-3 years to be accepted into an apprenticeship, but we also don’t use the skilled/unskilled terminology.
My question comes from discussions about economics in media and text books, so it could both be simplified and/or narrowly contextual.
Your economists use the terms as that is where they originate.