Who can be a professional reference?

I've worked at a family business my entire life except for a few years at odd jobs. I'm required to provide 3 professional (non-character) working references and I'm not sure what to do. I am switching careers from construction and don't know who is acceptable as a reference. I've only directly worked with 1 or 2 people. Everyone else was a subcontracted trade or client.

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