Which of the following may be credited toward part of the four-year experience requirement for a contractor's license?
Explanation
B&P §7068 requires four years of journey-level experience within the preceding ten years, and CSLB rules let technical training, an apprenticeship, or a related degree substitute for up to three of those years — at least one year must still be practical journey-level experience. (a) drops the journey-level test: helper or labourer time does not qualify no matter how long it runs. (b) fails the supervision and employment test; work on one's own property is not journey-level experience gained under a licensee. (c) confuses ownership with skill — the qualifier must have performed or supervised the trade, and owning the firm proves neither.
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