MINISTRY OF PLANTATION INDUSTRIES AND COMMODITIES (MPIC)

INTERNATIONAL PLANTATION INDUSTRY

CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION

(IPiCEX2014)

24TH NOVEMBER 2014

RIVERSIDE MAJESTIC HOTEL, KUCHING, SARAWAK

SKILL & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

IN PLANTATION INDUSTRY

SCOPE OF THE PRESENTATION

• Statistics of Workforce In Plantation Industry

Introduction

• Low Participation Of Local Workers • Labor Intensive Industry

Challenges

• Skill & Workforce Development In Plantation Industry Through Trainings

• Mechanization

Way Forward

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WORKFORCE IN PLANTATION INDUSTRY (AS AT JUNE 2014)

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Commodity

Planted

Area

(Ha)

Locals (A) Foreigners (B) Total

(A + B) Small

Holders

Estate

Workers

Small

Holders

Estate

Workers

Palm Oil 5,328,602 NA 96,7128 NA 345,463 442,175

Rubber 1,077,920 335,034 7,329 21,886 5,308 365,557

Cocoa 13,728 9,454 441 305 22 10,222

Pepper 15,250 67,220 - - 154 67,374

Kenaf 1,269 5,076 - - - 5,076

Forest

Plantation 90,208 15 1,496 0 3,190 4,701

Total 6,526,978 416,799 105,978 22,191 354,137 899,105

Grand Total 6,526,978 522,777 376,328 838,075

WORKFORCE IN PALM OIL SECTOR (AS AT JUNE 2014)

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MALAYSIA

Category Locals Foreigners Total

(person)

Shortage

(person)

General Mandore 6,492 5,097 11,589 367

Harvesting Mandore 4,547 7,532 12,079 528

Harvester – Fresh Fruit

Bunch (FFB) 8,409 159,377 167,786 14,249

General Estate

Worker 24,974 133,256 158,230 12,259

Other General

Worker 19,736 38,818 58,554 2,802

Executive 9,086 138 9,224 149

Staff 23,468 1,245 24,713 511

TOTAL 96,712 345,463 442,175 30,865

Source: MPOB

CRITICAL WORKFORCE NEED IN PALM OIL SECTOR

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Category Shortage (Person)

General Mandore 367

Harvesting Mandore 528

Harvester – Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) 14,249

General Estate Worker 12,259

Other General Worker 2,802

Executive* 149

Staff** 511

* Executive: Estate Managers, Assistant Estate Managers & Cadet (Management

Trainee)

** Staff: General Clerk, Accounts Clerk

FOREIGNERS PROHIBITED CATEGORIES IN PALM OIL SECTOR

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Category Locals Foreigners

General Mandore 6,492 5,097

Harvesting Mandore 4,547 7,532

Other General Worker 19,736 38,818

Executive* 9,086 138

Staff** 23,468 1,245

TOTAL 63,329 52,830

* Executive: Estate Managers, Assistant Estate Managers & Cadet (Management

Trainee)

** Staff: General Clerk, Accounts Clerk

STATISTICS OF ACTIVE PLKS IN MALAYSIA AS IN 31 DECEMBER FOR (1997-2013)

YEAR PLANTATION INDUSTRY TOTAL

1997 63,739 627,426

1998 56,478 395,140

1999 74,501 409,660

2000 200,474 807,096

2001 222,886 849,829

2002 298,325 1,067,529

2003 350,351 1,336,980

2004 384,473 1,470,090

2005 427,415 1,815,238

STATISTICS OF ACTIVE PLKS IN MALAYSIA AS IN 31 DECEMBER FOR (1997-2013)

YEAR PLANTATION INDUSTRY TOTAL

2006 354,124 1,869,209

2007 337,503 2,044,805

2008 333,900 2,062,596

2009 318,250 1,918,146

2010 266,196 1,817,871

2011 299,217 1,573,061

2012 314,329 1,571,589

2013 431,611 2,250,322

STATISTICS OF ACTIVE PLKS AS IN 31 DECEMBER 2013

NATIONALITY PLANTATION INDUSTRY

INDONESIA 357,076

INDIA 23,130

BANGLADESH 18,541

PHILIPPINES 10,981

PAKISTAN 8,398

NEPAL 7,355

MYANMAR 3,689

THAILAND 693

CAMBODIA 470

SRI LANKA 413

VIETNAM 168

CHINA 55

LAOS 2

OTHERS 640

TOTAL 431,611

SUMMARY OF BANGLADESHI WORKERS APPLICATION

G TO G (AS AT 24 NOVEMBER 2014)

No CONTENT TOTAL

1 No. of Applications Submitted 61

2 No. of Employers 35

3 No. of estates (Owned By Employer) 296

4 Total of Bangladeshi Workers Requested 9,164

No. of Approved Bangladeshi workers 7,591

No. of Bangladeshi workers who have arrived 5,626

No. of Bangladeshi workers in the intake process 1,191

5. No. of applications disapproved by MPIC / MCAB 8

6. No. of Bangladeshi workers requested from applications

that are disapproved by MPIC/MCAB 18,700

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Month

Source Countries (OSC) Bangladesh (MCAB)

Application Request of

Workers Approval Application

Request of

Workers Approval

January 108 2,878 2,346 - - -

February 131 4,680 4,118 - - -

March 129 5,450 5,203 1 250 200

April 92 11,838 11,179 - - -

May 59 9,100 8,162 - - -

June 67 10,223 7,417 3 387 311

July 77 5,863 5,359 1 700 683

August 59 2,424 2,138 1 45 29

September 68 3,136 2,548 6 901 476

October 77 2,898 2,581 7 781 581

November 21 524 319 7 1,112 965

December 42 1,206 906 3 606 405

TOTAL 930 60,220 52,276 29 4,782 3,650

STATISTICS OF FOREIGN WORKERS

APPLICATION IN PALM OIL SECTOR IN 2013

STATISTICS OF FOREIGN WORKERS APPLICATION IN

PALM OIL SECTOR (JANUARY - SEPTEMBER 2014)

Month

Source Countries (OSC) Bangladesh (MCAB)

Application Request of

Workers Approval Application

Request of

Workers Approval

January 11 1,307 1,307 5 429 372

February 47 3,719 3,572 4 314 290

March 37 4,538 4,439 3 360 360

April 50 2,743 2,480 3 460 443

May 51 3,330 2,832 8 1,218 1,099

June 54 2,686 2,003 1 200 200

July 21 914 859 4 1,240 1,040

August 57 7,450 6,869 2 60 60

September 39 3,883 2,879 2 101 77

TOTAL 367 30,570 27,240 32 4,382 3,941

STATISTICAL COMPARISON OF SOURCE COUNTRIES AND BANGLADESHI

WORKERS APPLICATION IN PLANTATION INDUSTRY

(APRIL 2013 – SEPTEMBER 2014)

No. Employer

Source Countries Bangladesh (MCAB)

Application Request of

Workers Approval Application

Request of

Workers Approval

1 Sime Darby 6 10,559 10,430 3 1,550 1,500

2 United Plantations 4 1,770 1,120 9 1,259 1,083

3 EPA Management 2 1,500 1,200 2 900 883

4 Boustead Estate 4 318 187 2 80 59

5 FELCRA 11 1,915 1,829 1 725 341

6 Pinehills Plantation 1 20 20 2 60 60

7 Ban Guan Hin

Realty - - 1 30 30

8 Manis Gemilang 2 23 14 3 23 18

9 Genting Plantation 1 500 500 3 150 150

10 Agarwal Oil Palm

Plantation - - - 1 50 9

11 Mekassar (IOI) - - - 1 301 240

12 TDM Plantation 3 693 693 2 200 200

No. Employer

Source Countries (OSC) Bangladesh

Application Request of

Workers Approval Application

Request of

Workers Approval

13 Sri Ganda Oil Mill - - 1 60 60

14 Koperasi Serbausaha

Makmur Berhad 1 127 127 3 195 95

15 KL Kepong 2 4,000 3,400 3 1,329 1,145

16 Ladang Tai Tak 1 80 80 3 80 80

17 United Malaysian

Pineapple 1 73 73 1 80 80

18 Kim Loong Plantations - - 1 25 25

19 Achi Jaya Plantations - - - 1 100 100

20 Ganda KWC Plantations 1 30 30 3 30 30

21 United Malacca 3 229 199 1 60 27

22 PAMOL Plantations 4 567 567 1 374 189

23 Nambee Plantations 1 36 36 1 30 30

STATISTICAL COMPARISON OF SOURCE COUNTRIES AND BANGLADESHI

WORKERS APPLICATION IN PLANTATION INDUSTRY (APRIL 2013 –

SEPTEMBER 2014)

No. Employer

Source Countries Bangladesh

Application Request of

Workers Approval Application

Request of

workers Approval

24 Sayong

Plantation 1 100 100 1 135 135

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Syarikat Pukin

Ladang kelapa

Sawit Sdn Bhd

(IOI)

1 368 368 1 253 237

26 FELDA 23 15,903 15,835 1 200 adjourn

27 YP Plantation 2 1500 1,257 1 200 200

28 Green View

Estates Sdn Bhd 1 12 12 1 7 6

29 IOI Corporation

Berhad 3 2,537 1,571 1 548 449

30 Junjung Timur

Sdn Bhd 1 20 20 1 20 20

31 Tong Bee Oil

Palm 1 20 5 1 10 10

STATISTICAL COMPARISON OF SOURCE COUNTRIES AND BANGLADESHI

WORKERS APPLICATION IN PLANTATION INDUSTRY (APRIL 2013 –

SEPTEMBER 2014)

No. Employer

Source Countries Bangladesh

Application Request of

workers Approval Application

Request of

workers Approval

32 Tong Bee

Plantation - - - 1 10 10

33 MKIC Enterprise

Sdn Bhd 1 40 40 1 20 20

34 Gamebird

Industries - - - 1 20 20

35

Southern

Keratong

Plantation

1 175 175 1 50 50

36 Tradewinds

Plantation 1 3,000 1,000 - - -

TOTAL 84 46,115 40,888 61 9,164 7,591

STATISTICAL COMPARISON OF SOURCE COUNTRIES AND BANGLADESHI

WORKERS APPLICATION IN PLANTATION INDUSTRY (APRIL 2013 –

SEPTEMBER 2014)

CHALLENGES

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Low participation of local workers in plantation

industry Labor intensive industry

WAY FORWARD

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To attract more school leavers to pursue higher learning in plantation / agriculture related courses

To train more school leavers to fill up semi skilled and skilled positions in plantation industry

To establish cooperation with higher learning institutions and youth organizations to attract more youths to work in plantation sector

To engage third party to conduct a survey on workforce needs in plantation industry

To further increase mechanization

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CAREER PATH AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN PALM OIL SECTOR

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FFB

HARVESTOR

(RM1,500 ⁺⁺)

Palm Oil Harvesting Training

(2 Weeks)

2-3 Years Working Experience & On The Job

Training

MANDORE

(RM1,500⁺⁺) Dipersijilkan Pencapaian Pengesahan Terdahulu (PPT) -

SKM Level 2 (Based on Experience)

ESTATE SUPERVISOR (RM2,000)

SKM Level 3 Training

ASSISTANT ESTATE

MANAGER (RM 2,500)

Diploma in Malaysia Skills Certification

(DKM)

CAREER PATH AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN RUBBER SECTOR

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CERTIFICATE IN

LATEX HARVESTING TECHNOLOGY

(5 DAYS)

SKILLED TAPPER

(RM900⁺⁺) SPM - 3 Credits

(Mathematics,

English & Science)

2-3 years experience

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THANK YOU

STATUS OF APPLICATION FOR BANGLADESHI WORKERS IN MCAB

FOR PLANTATION SECTOR (JAN – SEPTEMBER 2014)

Month Approved

Employers Disapproval Request

Approved

Foreign

Workers

Jan 5 0 429 372

Feb 4 0 314 290

March 3 0 360 360

April 3 0 460 443

May 8 0 1,218 1,099

June 1 0 200 200

July 4 0 1,240 1,040

August 2 1 60 60

September 2 0 101 77

Total : 32 1 4,382 3,941

STATISTICS OF FOREIGN WORKERS APPLICATION

IN OSC, MOHA (JAN – 23 SEPT 2014)

No Month Application Request of

Workers

Approval

Disapproval

Total of

Disapproval

1. Jan 15 1,813 1,336 0 0

2. Feb 53 3,791 3,624 0 0

3. March 42 4,611 4,489 0 0

4. April 72 3,178 2,735 1 100

5. May 52 3,331 2,833 0 0

6. June 62 2,862 2,027 1 25

7. July 21 914 859 0 0

8. August 61 7,460 6,877 0 0

9. Sept 40 3,898 2,884 1 10

TOTAL : 418 31,858 27,664 2 135