Condordia applies similar eligibility conditions for applicants as under SAWS - you must:

• Be over 19 years of age at the time of starting work on the scheme
• Be a student on a full-time course of study in your home country
• Remain outside the UK throughout the entire application process

This work is low skilled and includes:

• planting and gathering crops;
• on-farm processing and packing of crops (for example salad vegetables, soft fruit, and flowers); and
• handling livestock (for example, lambing and on-farm poultry processing).

You should be paid at least the national minimum wage for the work and there is no difference in pay between foreign and UK workers.

Individuals may participate in the scheme on more than one occasion provided they continue to be a student in full-time education, and undertake a minimum break of three months between periods of participation.

Unlike non-EU students, you may apply for placements longer than 6 months, providing you obtain written permission from your university. If you are accepted for a Concordia placement, and wish to remain longer than the initial booking, you may be able to extend your placement or transfer to another farm, upon payment of an additional fee.

It is important to note that neither Concordia nor the farm can guarantee the level of work or earnings. In addition if your work is not of sufficient quality and you cannot earn the minimum wage your employer is not obliged to continue employing you. If this happens you are unlikely to be offered work on another Concordia farm. If the work on your farm runs out before the end of your work period, Concordia may be able to transfer you to another farm. However, this is not guaranteed and will depend both on the vacancies elsewhere and whether your farmer recommends you as being a hard worker.