PART 2 – Agricultural workers

Grade 4

7.  An agricultural worker who—

(a) provides documentary evidence to an employer that they hold a total of 8 qualifications which are either:

(i) awards or certificates of competence listed in the tables in Schedule 1;

(ii) National Vocational Qualifications relevant to their work; or

(iii) equivalent qualifications; or

(b) provides documentary evidence to an employer that they hold 1 of the awards or certificates of competence listed in the tables in Schedule 3 or an equivalent qualification; and

(c) who has either—

(i) been employed in agriculture for an aggregate period of at least 2 years in the last 5 years; or

(ii) been continuously employed for a period of at least 12 months or more by the same employer since obtaining the qualifications referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b),

must be employed as a worker at Grade 4.