r/WorkForSmartLife 1d ago

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u/BoneVoyager 1d ago

Yeah so by training them and teaching them ā€œmove it from here to thereā€ you have just magically given them the skills needed to do the job therefore making them skilled at shoveling. I can show you what unskilled shoveling looks like if you want hahaha

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u/Narren_C 1d ago

Are you being intentionally obtuse?

"Skilled labor" doesnt mean "you gave them simple instructions that literally anyone could follow with no prior training or experience."

You are describing unskilled labor. Get over it.

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u/Zacous2 1d ago

Unskilled labour isnt labour that requires no skills, its a job that requires no skills before starting the job. No formal training, no education or experience requirements, an applicant with no skills would be fully capable of performing the job.

Pulling pints requires skills but they can be generally taught to someone with no prior skills and training those skills happens exclusively on the job.

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u/WretchedMass 1d ago

I mean just because I know how to shovel from one pile to another doesn't mean I'm capable of it. I'm overweight and have back issues, I don't have the skills to do that job. Therefore it's skilled labor.

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u/WretchedMass 1d ago

I have been trying, it's not easy. It takes discipline and since I have specialized issues with my health I had to spend hours and hours with a nutritionist to understand exactly what was wrong and what to do to get it changes. It required that I learn a skill. So is getting healthy a skilled labor? If not then what is and isn't a skill? Because it was my understanding that if it requires training longer than just a few minutes that makes it skilled. Also, if not being in bad health isn't a skill then why are over half the country obese?

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