Workload of Workforce in Fertilizing Industry: An Analysis

Abstract

Analysis of the number of workers in a company is very important. This is very necessary to determine the optimal number of workers. This research has been done in a company engaged for processing single and compound fertilizers. The company trades fertilizer as its first business which is a subsidiary one of the largest agribusiness company in Indonesia. In this study an analysis of the needs of the number of workers was carried out based on the job description of each worker at packaging station. Thus, the workload is calculated for each worker at the packaging station using the Work Load Analysis (WLA) method to calculate the percentage of productivity using the Work Sampling method. Next, the determination of the Rating Factor value using the Westinghouse method and determining the value of Allowance using the Industrial Labour Organization (ILO) table. The workload calculation results obtained that the workload received by 5 operators is high because the value is above 100%. The proposed improvement recommendations given related to the high workload condition is by adding 2 more workers so that the number of workers recommended at packaging station is 7 workers.