Specified Skilled Worker (ii)
The Agriculture Field

Jobs growing and harvesting vegetables and other produce,
and jobs raising pigs, cattle, chickens, and other animals

Jobs

  • General crop farming
    cultivation management, collection/shipping/sorting of agricultural products
  • General livestock farming
    breed management, collection/shipping/sorting of livestock products, etc.

Human Resources standards

Skill level

Agriculture Skill Assessment Test, Level 2

Work experience

Applicants must have work experience that satisfies one of the following requirements.

  • Work experience as a supervisor engaged in work and process management while supervising multiple employees at an agricultural site
  • Work experience at an agricultural site

Case studies

In Nagasaki, foreign nationals are farming lettuce and other vegetables under contract with farmers. The prefectural government has taken the initiative of establishing a worker dispatch company. It provides an environment where foreign nationals can live and work with peace of mind.