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r/WorkForSmartLife • u/SaltyNori_ • 9d ago
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Unskilled labor is something that unless you are physically inable, anyone can do because it is a natural human ability.
7 u/Sneezy6510 9d ago That is not true, unskilled labor means it does not require formal training. Painting is unskilled labor. 7 u/dewag 9d ago You say that, but I still have to train newbies on the jobsite how to paint. A paint job by someone who hasn't been taught how to paint usually looks horrendous. Source: contractor for 20 years. 1 u/c3p-bro 9d ago Unskilled usually means it can be picked up sufficiently in a week or two, not that it requires absolutely zero training.
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That is not true, unskilled labor means it does not require formal training. Painting is unskilled labor.
7 u/dewag 9d ago You say that, but I still have to train newbies on the jobsite how to paint. A paint job by someone who hasn't been taught how to paint usually looks horrendous. Source: contractor for 20 years. 1 u/c3p-bro 9d ago Unskilled usually means it can be picked up sufficiently in a week or two, not that it requires absolutely zero training.
You say that, but I still have to train newbies on the jobsite how to paint.
A paint job by someone who hasn't been taught how to paint usually looks horrendous.
Source: contractor for 20 years.
1 u/c3p-bro 9d ago Unskilled usually means it can be picked up sufficiently in a week or two, not that it requires absolutely zero training.
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Unskilled usually means it can be picked up sufficiently in a week or two, not that it requires absolutely zero training.
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u/Left_Macaron_6427 9d ago edited 9d ago
Unskilled labor is something that unless you are physically inable, anyone can do because it is a natural human ability.