Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term
Canada
PhD-PsyD cand Psychology & MA Intl Dev
Native in: French (Variants: Canadian, Standard-France) 
Works in: English to French, French
labour job
'Labour job', as opposed to 'management job' (e.g. restaurant manager), 'technical/skilled trade job', 'professional job' (e.g. doctor), and 'intermediate job' (e.g. long-haul truck driver).
Examples of 'labour jobs' are : oil field worker, fruit picker, cleaning staff....
May 17, 2020 12:22: Tony M Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
ouvrier
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Note that this is specifically the term used commonly in such things as market research surveys: "Which socio-economic group are you in?"
Other terms are used in different contexts, but many would be seen as "inappropriate" in the specific context stated.
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Diana Donzelli-Gaudet
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Thanks, Diana!
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Samuel Clarisse
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Merci, Samuel !
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Daryo
: I have the nagging feeling that more context is needed + it depends of what is the whole scale/range of "types of jobs" in this survey.
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I think Asker has made it pretty clear for us, by giving us the other categories — and in any case, it is a fairly standard term used in such socio-economic surveys.
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Maïté Mendiondo-George
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Merci, Maïté !
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ph-b (X)
: Les chauffeurs routiers, pour reprendre l'un des ex de la q, sont aussi des ouvriers. Mais ils sont classés, tjrs selon la q, dans une autre catégorie d'ouvriers, d'où + de précision nécessaire ici./Donc pas de trad des autres catégories d'ouvriers ? Mmh.
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Oui, mais dans ce genre de sondage, ils sont tous regroupés en vrac !
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France
44 years of technical and legal texts
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
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Works in: French to German, English to German, German to French, and 1 more.
force(s) de travail
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Tony M
: Not the sort of term we'd use in HR. Nor in a socio-economic group survey. / Specifically in the field of surveys? I too have practical knowledge in both HR and surveys.
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I am talking with practical knowledge
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Daryo
: in this survey they are categorising individuals - you can't say of one person that he/she is "force(s) de travail" - that would rather apply to the whole group / the whole category.
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France
Legal, Medical, Marketing & Gaming
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French, French to English
emploi / travail ouvrier
What is a labor job?
A laborer is a person who works in manual labor types, especially in the construction and factory industries' workforce. ... Laborers work with blasting tools, hand tools, power tools, air tools, and small heavy equipment, and act as assistants to other trades as well such as operators or cement masons
Although nearly any work can potentially have skill and intelligence applied to it, many jobs that mostly comprise manual labour—such as fruit and vegetable picking, manual materials handling, manual digging, or manual assembly of parts—often may be d
travail ouvrier : Travailleur, travailleuse qui exécute pour le compte d'autrui, moyennant salaire, un travail manuel (dans un atelier, une mine, une manufacture, une usine, ...
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouvrier#L'%C3%A9volution_du_travail_ouvrier
https://www.linguee.fr/anglais-francais/traduction/raise+a+dispute.html
The right word at the right time!
Native in: Italian (Variants: Standard-Italy, Milanese) , French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian to French, and 3 more.
travail d'ouvrier / emploi manuel
Brazil
Human sciences specialist
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: French to Portuguese, Portuguese to French, English to Portuguese, and 2 more.
travail manuel
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Tony M
: Yes, but using 'travail' really translates 'work', whereas Asker's context specifically requires 'job'.
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France
Social Sciences | Published Translations
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French
manœuvre / ouvrier non qualifié / ouvrier spécialisé
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Toutes mes excuses pour les fautes de frappe: "que vous nous donnez figurent"; "S'offrent à nous alors 3 possibilités à mon sens"; "ce dernier"; "sinon d'une".
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https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professions_et_catégories_soci...
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On constate dans le lien ci-dessous que les agents d'entretien ou de propreté (exemple donné par Anne-Sophie de professions correspondant à "labour job") sont classés par l'INSEE comme ouvriers non qualifiés:
https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/pcsese2003/rubriqueRegro...
https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/pcs2003/professionRegroupee/681a?champRecherche=false
https://www.epsilon.insee.fr/jspui/bitstream/1/876/1/ip455.pdf
Belgium
business;religion;social. 20 y; En-AR-Fr
Native in: French , Arabic
Works in: Arabic to French, English to French
les cols bleus
Vous connaissez sans doute les « cols bleus », ces ouvriers d’une entreprise au travail manuel qui se distinguent des cols blancs travaillant dans les bureaux. Mais saviez-vous que le terme « cols bleus » est également utiliser pour parler des mari
Discussion
In UK a "labour job" most literally would be a job a "labourer" (no qualifications required) on a building site, not exactly the same as "Examples of 'labour jobs' are : oil field worker, fruit picker, cleaning staff."
in you look at the International Standard Classification of Occupations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Classif... you will find "managers" and "professionals", but no trace of any "labour jobs" NOR "intermediate job'" (e.g. long-haul truck driver). (NEVER heard to that category, BTW! - what's that? "intermediary on what kind of scale? )
What exactly are supposed to be "labour jobs" in this survey depends on the purpose of survey, who or what is being surveyed, and how other categories have been defined. And of the country involved. Canada? USA?