Which experience would best satisfy the four-year requirement for a Class C-27 Landscaping license?
Explanation
B&P §7068 requires four years of journey-level or higher experience in the classification sought, gained within the ten years immediately preceding the application. (a) fails the trade test: supply and estimating work is not performing the classified trade. (b) fails the recency test only — the work is the right kind but sits outside the ten-year window, which is the trap most candidates miss. (d) fails the level test: apprentice time may be credited toward up to three years as training, but at least one year must be at journey level.
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