• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    3 hours ago

    You wouldn’t say this of a tradesman. Such people pass tests about meeting code, etc.

    Unskilled labor is essentially labor that anyone with 4 limbs can do.

    I’d call that unskilled, as someone who’s done that kind of work. I’ve been the labor for a plumber, digging up septic pipes. Doesn’t take any skill for that, just a willingness to sweat and get nasty. The plumber however definitely had skills, and I learned a LOT from him.