Agriculture
Japan's farmers are, on average, close to seventy years old, and there are not enough people to take over from them. This programme prepares you for farm work in Japan — growing crops or caring for livestock — with the Japanese you need to follow instructions safely.
Who this is for
For people who are not afraid of hard, outdoor work.
Age 18 or over. No educational requirement.
Physically fit for outdoor and greenhouse work, in heat and in cold.
Ready for early starts and long days in the growing season.
Ready to study Japanese every day.
What you learn
Farm skills, farm safety and farm Japanese.
Crop cultivation
Greenhouse vegetables such as tomatoes and cucumbers, open-field crops, and how Japanese farms plan the growing year.
Livestock
Feeding, care and hygiene for dairy cattle and other livestock.
Farm safety
Heat, machinery, chemicals and hygiene: the real risks of farm work, and how to manage them.
Farm Japanese
Instructions, safety warnings and the language of daily farm work — including the listening the test checks.
Test preparation
The agriculture skills test can be taken in Bengali, with official study materials in Bengali. We prepare you section by section.
A digital work record
Photographs and video of your practical work and your assessment results, so an employer can see what you can do before they meet you.
The tests
Two tests, both in Dhaka.
| Test | What it checks | Where |
|---|---|---|
| JFT-Basic | Japanese at the level required of every Specified Skilled Worker | Dhaka |
| Agriculture Skills Evaluation Test (Level 1) | Crop or livestock knowledge and judgement — can be taken in Bengali | Dhaka |
- JFT-Basic
- Japanese at the level required of every Specified Skilled Worker
- Dhaka
- Agriculture Skills Evaluation Test (Level 1)
- Crop or livestock knowledge and judgement — can be taken in Bengali
- Dhaka
Honestly
The easiest Japan route to enter — and not an easy life.
Agriculture is one of the lower-paid fields in the Specified Skilled Worker system. The hours follow the seasons and the weather, and Japanese law exempts farm work from some of the working-hours rules that protect other jobs.
Some livestock placements, including pig farming, will not suit every candidate. We talk about this openly at assessment.
We tell every candidate all of this before they choose. If it still suits you, it can be a good route — and one with a long-term future.
After your training
What the Specified Skilled Worker route means.
Specified Skilled Worker (i) allows you to work in Japan for up to five years in total. Japanese law requires your employer to pay you at least what a Japanese worker doing the same job is paid.
Agriculture is open for Specified Skilled Worker (ii) — which allows your stay to be renewed and your family to join you — for workers who later pass the higher-level test.
BTI does not recruit, place or arrange visas, and does not guarantee a job, an employer or a visa.
Agriculture is enrolling now.
Send one message. We will tell you honestly whether farm work in Japan suits you before you commit to anything.