Career As a Manager

One Australia based company is expanding Oil Palm in Filipina and seek qualified planters to operate their plantation. For those interested, please kindly inform me.

Type of terrace

Last week, I received an invition to present a topic in "How to construct a terrace in Malaysia plantation". This is an interesting topic and I have been sufting in the net to get more information of this topic. Unfortunately, no much information I can gain from net.

Basically, I divide this topic into 2 section.

1. Problem faced by plantation management
2. Solution of the problem

Before that, we need to understand what is the purpose of terrace. Above there are some photos show the types of terrace around the world. Can you identity the mistake from the photo?

Agriculture is a business

Nowadays those involved in agriculture is a great businessman. Malaysia government has been encouraging all the young generation to get in this well income business.

Agricuture is no for old folk. If you see our nation income mostly from agriculture and we are import quite high quantity from foreign countries. Imaging if we are able to export. Is it good for nation and us.

If you are really want to get involve in livestock and please kindly visit the website http://www.yourlivestock.com/ to get more information regarding this agriculture business.

Kekayaan Fellow

Kekayaan means Rich in Malay language. This is a great estate and formerly here they call it as jungle complex. A lot of great person were well trained from here and today they are General manager or Opearation Director. However, some left to look for their ambition such as me.

http://semalu.blogspot.com/ was one of my senior. Glad to meet you.

Security in Plantation

Incident of robbery and murdered happened on 17 December 2006 in Leepang A Estate, Muadzam Shah has alerted all the top managements for all the plantation companies in Malaysia.

Can this tragedic be avoided? The answer should be "Yes". Let us review back when the Planterprepare the estimate for the next finance year. How much we as a Planter budgetted for AuxiliaryPolice (AP)? Please ask ourselve by sincerely. Why we need to take a risk for your company? Top management only know to see the figure in account and how many profit can be absorded fromyour operating centre. They will attempt to cut off the estimate you allocated.

I used to see estate or mill's manager to recruit watchman rather than a AP. We need to understand that the power of AP and watchman. Cost management is important in running a operating centreand I have been go through the environment.

Look at the bank sector. How many AP the Banker recruited for their security? The Bank compound issmall and they are able to recruit enough AP for their security. Why no to estate? People can say that bank is full of money. How about estate? Estate is more valueable than bank. If youknow about rubber or oil palm price that you will know how costly the estate in this moment.

Theft have been occured either in oil palm or rubber plantation because the demanding of thesemain crop where these two crop contribute the major income for our nation.
I still remember when I was a Planter in one of the small operating centre and there is only 2AP to take care of estate. Can they run their duty in proper way? Are the Planter cheating ourselve.
Some smart manager recruited watchmen to replace AP. Some even smart use foreign Indonesia workeras watchman by paying lower rate. This is cheap method to reduce your operating cost. Imaging suddenly,there is a robbery occurred on the night and perhaps it happened to the victim. What the watchmancan do?

Do no forget robber come with gun, no by knive. In Malay phrase, they used to mention that "prepare an umbrella before rain."

Recruitment of AP should tally review by top management and it should recruited by a profesionalbody where AP need a proper training before posted to estate. Some time AP can not able to shootduring shooting training. Can this kind of AP to protect estate property?

Please think my all dear planter. We work hard for employee and do not become a hero where I cansay it will end out with death. After you dead, no people will appeciate your effort and blame you for careless in management.

What is the meaning of "manager"? If you still do not know your role as manager. Please ask yourselfnow. Should we explode us or your family in danger. Is it worthy!

Dear Planter, we are the great person. We always lead and towards success. This article no to condemn the security system in plantation. I would like the employer or top management to reviewthe security in their opearting centre. A operating centre can not run in smooth without a manager,thus please take care manager and his assistant. Thank you.

Compass Survey

Dear Planter,

Please view at

1 A PROCEDURE FOR UNDERTAKING PRISMATIC COMPASS SURVEY at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ar?id=o11092138321494588259.6047387494576551415.00122152230939832270.3310210234829160274&action=1&tile=1&rpert=100&fprt=false&srow=0&erow=19&scol=0&ecol=2

2.Important denifition at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ar?id=o11092138321494588259.6047387494576551415.00122152230939832270.3310210234829160274&action=1&tile=2&rpert=100&fprt=false&srow=0&erow=13&scol=0&ecol=2

3. program traverse at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ar?id=o11092138321494588259.6047387494576551415.00122152230939832270.3310210234829160274&action=1&tile=3&rpert=20&fprt=false&srow=0&erow=353&scol=0&ecol=27

4. Example of field book at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ar?id=o11092138321494588259.6047387494576551415.00122152230939832270.3310210234829160274&action=1&tile=5&rpert=100&fprt=false&srow=0&erow=31&scol=0&ecol=13

5. Booking at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ar?id=o11092138321494588259.6047387494576551415.00122152230939832270.3310210234829160274&action=1&tile=4&rpert=100&fprt=false&srow=0&erow=35&scol=0&ecol=13

6. Equipment checklist at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ar?id=o11092138321494588259.6047387494576551415.00122152230939832270.3310210234829160274&action=1&tile=7&rpert=100&fprt=false&srow=0&erow=15&scol=0&ecol=5

Proud of your Professional title

Planter is well recognized as a Professional organization. They plant rubber, oil palm, and fruit where they create a lot of work opportunity to Malaysian since from those days. Plantation is a not a sunset industry and now with the bio-diesel, plenty of investor pump their money in this industry.

In Malaysia, the entire Planter member is register under Institution of Planter (ISP). ISP has been organized a lot of activities for the Planter and the effort is highly appreciated.

However, let us look at others professional body. I code a few well know Professional body in this world such as Engineer, Architect and Surveyor.

They are proud with their organization of the given title to them. Example Member of Engineer is entitled with title “IR”, Architect with title “AR” and recently, Surveyor in Malaysia managed to get the Title of “SR”. How about Planter?

Perhaps Planter will say they not need the title because the worker will automatic greet them as “Tuan” in Malay or “Sir” when they join as a planter career.

No doubt this is a great title but it does not recognized. Believe me, when you are using the recognized title. People will view from other angle because the simple 2 wording can represent you as a Professional.

Hence, I would like the ISP will work on the title for the entire member.