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This chapter examines an innovative qualification system for agriculture in the Dutch vocational education and training (VET) system, and curriculum factors focused on improving flexibility within the system. The agricultural VET development was designed in 1990 and includes two pathways: a full-time school-based pathway and a dual track. The author discusses the introduction of the new agricultural qualification and details other initiatives that have determined more flexibility within the VET system. Measurements of flexibility are described. The chapter also reflects on the Senior Secondary Agricultural Vocational Education B (SSAVE-B) project that was initiated between 1975 and 1985 to increase work-based experiences. Comparisons are made between innovations from the SSAVE-B project and the new qualification system. The author concludes with a discussion of the effects of the qualification system on internal flexibility.