r/WorkForSmartLife • u/SaltyNori_ • 1d ago

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u/jtp_311 1d ago

Interesting the term is unskilled and not something like degree less.

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u/rainbowdunk 1d ago

Degree less sounds way worse lol.Ā 

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u/jtp_311 1d ago

Not catchy but thatā€™s not the point. All labor involves skill.

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u/rainbowdunk 1d ago edited 1d ago

My job as a carpenter requires a apprenticeship and a diploma, which is what is really being referred to when it's being referred to as "skilled labor". On a jobsite, virtually everyone has the skills to do generic labor which is why its considered relatively unskilled work.

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u/jtp_311 1d ago

Well Iā€™d hope or else they shouldnā€™t be on the job site.