Analisis Prioritas Perbaikan Sistem Kerja Industri Rumah Tangga Dengan Program WISH

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyze work system improvements of home industries in Yogyakarta City, based on participatory ergonomics approach. WISH (Work Improvement for Safe Home) action checklist has been used as the instrument to analyse and evaluate the working conditions. WISH programme is an action manual published by ILO (International Labour Organization) to improve work conditions of home manufacturing by using a participatory approach. The working conditions in WISH action checklist covers five aspects; i.e. materials storage and handling, machine safety, work stations, physical environment, and welfare facilities and work organization. The early step in this study was identification of general characteristics of home industries in Yogyakarta City. The results of identification were used as input in developing improvement actions. Analysis was done to determine the priority among all improvement aspects and improvement actions based on WISH action checklist. The findings show the most priority aspect of improvement was Work Stations aspects with index priority 0.172. The action needed for the most priority improvement aspect was developed by consideration of home industries characteristics.