Pengelolaan Panen Kelapa Sawit (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) di Kebun Sei Air Hitam, PT Perdana Inti Sawit Perkasa I, First Resources Ltd., Riau

Abstract

The internship program was conducted in Sei Air Hitam Plantation, PT Perdana Inti Sawit Perkasa I, Rokan Hulu, Riau from February-June 2013. This program aims was to increase knowledge about the cultivation of oil palm, to gain work experience and skills in the management of oil palm harvesting. Harvest planning is done prior to harvest in order to run with harvesting activities optimally. Harvest planning is performed are the calculation of crop density numbers (AKP), assessed the harvest, labor, transportation, harvesting, crop rotation, harvesting facilities and infrastructures. There are some problems in harvesting procces, such as percentage of harvest that was bellow <15%, the use of personal protective equipment that were low, crop rotation that were accelerated and harvest quality is not compatible with company standard. Supervision to the harvesting activity should be improved so the quality of harvest compatible with company standard.