Or. Admin. Code § 808-003-0920

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 808-003-0920 - Practical Skills Exam Sections

(1) Specific exam sections of the practical skills exam must be passed to obtain a landscape construction professional license for a Planting, Standard, All Phase, or Irrigation phase of license.

(2) The Backflow section shall remain a conventional examination and is not available to be taken through the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP).

(3) The practical skills exam sections will consist of the following:

(a) Common Core

(b) Softscape Installation;

(c) Hardscape Installation; and

(d) Irrigation.

(4) To obtain a Planting license phase through the practical skills test, the applicant must:

(a) Complete the business class required in ORS 671.561 and OAR 808-003-0980 or pass the Laws, Rules & Business Practices exam section of the conventional exam; and

(b) Pass the Common Core and Softscape Installation sections of the practical skills exam.

(5) To obtain an Irrigation plus Backflow phase of license through the practical skills exam, the application must:

(a) Complete the business class required in ORS 671.561 and OAR 808-003-0980 or pass the Laws, Rules & Business Practices exam section of the conventional exam; and

(b) Pass the conventional Backflow exam as stated in subsection (2) of this rule; and

(c) Pass the Irrigation section of the practical skills exam.

(6) To obtain Standard license phase through the practical skills exam, the applicant must:

(a) Complete the business class required in ORS 671.561 and OAR 808-003-0980 or pass the Laws, Rules & Business Practices exam section of the conventional exam; and

(b) Pass the Common Core, Softscape installation and the Hardscape Installation sections of the practical skills exam.

(7) To obtain an All Phase license phase through the practical skills exam, the applicant must:

(a) Complete the business class required in ORS 671.561 and OAR 808-003-0980 or pass the Laws, Rules & Business Practices exam section of the conventional exam; and

(b) Pass the Common Core, Softscape installation, Hardscape Installation and the Irrigation sections of the practical skills exam; and

(c) Pass the conventional Backflow exam as stated in subsection (2) of this rule.

(8) An applicant may successfully pass the Laws, Rules & Business Practices section of the conventional exam in lieu of the business class required under ORS 671.561 and OAR 808-003-0980.

Or. Admin. Code § 808-003-0920

LCB 2-2016, f. & cert. ef. 5/23/2016; LCB 8-2020, temporary amend filed 07/24/2020, effective 08/01/2020 through 01/27/2021; LCB 7-2021, amend filed 11/23/2021, effective 12/1/2021; LCB 8-2023, amend filed 06/07/2023, effective 6/8/2023

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 671.670

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 671.561