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The Assured Land-Based Contractor (ALBC) Scheme aims to promote professionalism amongst land-based contractors and encourage high standards of working practice within the industry, ensuring that the customer gets the level of service they require.

As a member of the Assured Land-Contractor scheme you will:

Prove your safe and professional working practices
Offer your customers genuine assurance about your contracting activities
Provide your farmer/customers with a fully traceable contracting service independently audited by NSF-CMi Certification
Know that your customers are getting the service that they require to meet industry assurance schemes standards such as ACCS and FABBL.

In modular format, the ALBC scheme consists of a Generic Standard which applies to ALL Contractors and includes standards for a professional business, for example:

Health and safety
Vehicle and equipment maintenance, personnel etc

For more information on the Generic scheme, click here.

Further to the generic standard, contractors will be audited against their specific sector standard(s):

Mobile Seed Processing - for more info click here
Mobile Feed Mixing and Processing - for more info click here
Agricultural Waste Collection - for more info click here
In Development - Agricultural Operations including standards for crop spraying and slurry application – for more info click here

Assured Land-Based Contractor Scheme

National Association of Agricultural Contractors

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The Assured Land-Based Contractor (ALBC) Scheme aims to promote professionalism amongst land-based contractors and encourage high standards of working practice within the industry, ensuring that the customer gets the level of service they require.