If successful, the Get Into Land project run by The Prince's Trust Cymru could expand to other areas in Wales and England.
The scheme is funded by Same Deutz-Fahr Tractors and is free to the young people. A group of 15 unemployed 16- to 25-year-olds in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire will take part.
The aim is to give them experience in industries such as countryside management, agricultural engineering, horticulture and animal care.
A spokesman for The Prince's Trust Cymru said the project followed research by the trust showing a lack of expertise in land-based jobs other than farming. West Wales was chosen because the demand for these skills is increasing in the region.
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