The Autonomous Province of Trento used 10 March 2026 to unveil the second edition of its “Rete del lavoro agricolo di qualità” training programme, aimed at farm owners who rely on non-EU seasonal labour. The full-day course, organised with the Trentino School of Management, walks employers through every step of Italy’s new three-year Decree Flussi (2026-2028), which allocates record quotas for agricultural workers.
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For farm owners who still feel daunted by the bureaucratic maze that follows, VisaHQ can step in with end-to-end assistance: its online platform (https://www.visahq.com/italy/) streamlines document collection, monitors application status in real time, and flags missing items before they jeopardise the crucial nulla osta, helping employers avoid costly click-day setbacks.
During the morning session, INPS labour-market analysts presented data showing that 42 percent of Trentino’s apple-and-vine sector is already staffed by third-country nationals. Employers were given a checklist of documents needed to secure the crucial nulla osta work authorisation and shown how to avoid common mistakes that trigger application rejections in the national “click-day” portal. The afternoon focused on compliance: correct payslips, safe-use training for farm machinery, and mandatory health-surveillance visits. Labour inspectors reminded participants that abuses discovered in last year’s harvest—including sub-minimum wages and sub-standard housing—carry fines of up to €8,000 per worker and jeopardise future quota allocations. Representatives from Coldiretti and Confagricoltura endorsed the course, saying it professionalises recruitment just weeks before the spring planting season. For global mobility managers, the initiative offers a roadmap for other regions: targeted employer education, multi-agency cooperation, and early engagement well before foreign workers arrive. Multinational food producers operating satellite orchards in Italy told Global Mobility News that the programme will “de-risk” supply chains by reducing last-minute visa problems and unplanned overtime. Five editions of the course are scheduled across Trentino through mid-April, each granting RSPP safety credits. Places filled within hours, underscoring how acute the demand for lawful seasonal labour has become in northern Italy’s export-driven agri-food hub.
For farm owners who still feel daunted by the bureaucratic maze that follows, VisaHQ can step in with end-to-end assistance: its online platform (https://www.visahq.com/italy/) streamlines document collection, monitors application status in real time, and flags missing items before they jeopardise the crucial nulla osta, helping employers avoid costly click-day setbacks.
During the morning session, INPS labour-market analysts presented data showing that 42 percent of Trentino’s apple-and-vine sector is already staffed by third-country nationals. Employers were given a checklist of documents needed to secure the crucial nulla osta work authorisation and shown how to avoid common mistakes that trigger application rejections in the national “click-day” portal. The afternoon focused on compliance: correct payslips, safe-use training for farm machinery, and mandatory health-surveillance visits. Labour inspectors reminded participants that abuses discovered in last year’s harvest—including sub-minimum wages and sub-standard housing—carry fines of up to €8,000 per worker and jeopardise future quota allocations. Representatives from Coldiretti and Confagricoltura endorsed the course, saying it professionalises recruitment just weeks before the spring planting season. For global mobility managers, the initiative offers a roadmap for other regions: targeted employer education, multi-agency cooperation, and early engagement well before foreign workers arrive. Multinational food producers operating satellite orchards in Italy told Global Mobility News that the programme will “de-risk” supply chains by reducing last-minute visa problems and unplanned overtime. Five editions of the course are scheduled across Trentino through mid-April, each granting RSPP safety credits. Places filled within hours, underscoring how acute the demand for lawful seasonal labour has become in northern Italy’s export-driven agri-food hub.
