Management and Production Technology of The Traditional Dockyard in Bagan Siapiapi, Indonesia

Abstract

A series research activity was conducted on four traditional wooden dockyards in Bagan Siapiapi, Indonesia to be conscious production technology and management system of the traditional dockyard for producing wooden boat. Six respondents were interviewed from four traditional wooden dockyards, which as an owner of dock yard, foreman, and carpenter. The data of wooden boatbuilding skill, management of employee, material and tools for wooden boatbuilding, and quality assurance were collected and then those are described and analyzed. The results show that the productions of traditional wooden dockyards were decrease since 2007 to 2012 due to limited wooden material for boat’s construction. Wooden boatbuilding technology is traditionally carried out by the simple equipment, i.e. 82.4% of tools used manually by hand and 17.6% mechanical equipment with electric power. Boatbuilding skill was obtained by them from generation to generation. Almost all of boat construction was made of wood, which they obtained around Rokan Hilir, Rokan Hulu and Bengkalis Regency. Wood processing for boat construction is conducted by sunlight drying, whichever after coated by kerosene or diesel oil. Even though, the boat production generated by the traditional wooden dockyard still gets quality assurance, such as boat performance and leak test. Further, production technology and management of the traditional wooden boat dockyard in Bagan siapiapi are discussed detail in this paper.