Analisis beban kerja pada aktivitas pemetikan teh secara manual di PT. Perkebunan Nusantara VIII Kebun Gunung Mas, Cisarua, Bogor, Jawa Barat

Abstract

Tea (Camellia sinensis) is one of important commodities in West Java since 1860. Activities of tea cultivation include nurseries, land preparation, planting, plant maintenance, and tea picking. Generally, tea picking is done manually by hand. This work is quite heavy and burdensome to the ability of the worker, so that it can lead to fatigue or physical disorder. Workload analysis in tea picking were conducted by using heart rate analysis approach. Then, the value of qualitative and quantitative workload will be obtained. Four male and four female subjects were observed and measurement of heart rate were conducted to them by using “wrist-watch type” Heart Rate Monitor (HRM). A step test protocol was conducted to each subject as heart rate calibration procedure prior to the workload analysis of the tea picking activity. Work productivity of the subjects were also analyzed based on “yield and its quality index”. The results, revealed that the tea picking activity is light to moderate work burden, whereas the average work burden of male is slightly higher than that of female. Regarding to the work energy cost, male subjects consume slightly higher energy compared to that female subjects to pick a same amount of yield. Generally,the net product of male workers are higher than that of female.