Manajemen Pemupukan Kelapa Sawit (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) di Bagan Kusik Estate, PT Harapan Sawit Lestari, Kalimantan Barat

Abstract

The internship was conducted at Bagan Kusik Estate (BKE), PT Harapan Sawit Lestari, West Kalimantan during 4 months. The technical aspects that done during the internship were participate in the plantation activities, i.e : fertilization, weed control, sanitation, leaf sampling, and harvesting. The managerial aspects that done during internship were become an assistant of foreman and assistant of field assistant. The observation done was observing the proper implementation of the rule of the fertilizer application in field. The observations indicated that the fertilizer application on the field has fulfilled these principles, although it could be better by improving the method and dosage aspects. The accuration of fertilization method was 85.4 % for Urea and 80.6 % for Borate. Score of the precise of Urea dosage was 91.1%, therefore the company should be use the standard measuring cup for each fertilizer. The precision of fertilizer types in the fertilizion has reached 100 % for any types of fertilizer. The quantity of fertilizer that applicated in a year likely to affect in fresh fruit bunch production, but the fertilization have a positive correlation with the fresh fruit bunch production. Age and work experience of the fertilization labour doesn’t have a real effect to their work performance. The efficiency of the employe use in the field has been reached with 0.1508 hk ha-1 employement index.