I think unskilled there just implies no prerequisite knowledge required
That’s just entry level. There’s plenty of entry level skilled labor out there.
Because it’s unskilled.
I could walk into McDonald’s tomorrow and in a day have nearly every thing I’ll ever need for the job.
“Unskilled” and “requiring no previous qualificatuons” aren’t the same thing. Even “unskilled” labor can have many qualifications, even if most people would meet said qualifications. Hell, some people even don’t meet the qualifications for McDonalds for various reasons that are unrelated to skill. And similarly labor that requires no previous qualifications can still be labelled “unskilled”.
Entry level means something different for every field. An entry level cook and an entry level engineer have two different sets of expectations for the employee.