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?
How long was your training as a waiter?
Generally, restaurants won’t let you talk to a customer until after at LEAST a week of training and shadowing. Most are more like 2-4 weeks.
Yes but compare that to a ‘skilled’ profession. 4 year degree, 5 years training under a licensed professional, series of examinations, and continuing education requirements.
It’s not that one is ‘unskilled’ in a vacuum, it’s that it has relatively less time/effort investment to reach ‘acceptable’ performance
Depends. Fast casual, usually just follow someone on the floor for a shift. Fine dining on a cruise ship? That was three weeks, minimum.
So, all in all, roughly triple what your average, “skilled” law enforcement officer gets here in the states.
I did not say you were unskilled or that police were skilled. Everything is relative.
I checked training time at for some of the occupations that OP mentioned. I don’t live in the US so ymmv.
Car mechanic: 1 year. Painter: 1 year. Chef: 70 weeks. Plumber: 60 weeks.
Extra because you mentioned it: Police is 2 years in the school bench and 6 months of on the job training.