These jobs are based on a company that has no UPKJ or CIDB certificates
Based on 100 hectares, full-year cycle
RANKING KEROJA LADANG SAWIT – PROFITABILITY RANKING
1. Harvesting — by far the highest
≈ RM15,000 profit / year (100 ha)
- Basis: RM/ton
- 100 ha ≈ 2,000 tons/year (avg 20 t/ha)
- Margin ~15 per ton
- Most profitable job in the entire plantation ecosystem
- High skill, high labour, constant supervision
- Usually the “king contract”
2. Loose Fruit Collection (per ton)
≈ RM7,000 profit / year (100 ha)
- Add-on to harvesting
- Calculated by recovery of loose fruits (~10% of tonnage)
- Very profitable because labour is cheap and payment is tonnage-based
3. Fertilizer Application / Manuring (combined)
≈ RM4,000 – RM5,500 profit / year (100 ha)
- Includes:
- Manuring 1st Round
- Manuring 2nd Round
- Fertilizer Spreading
- Fertilizer Application by ton
- Total annual contract value ~RM44k
- Margin roughly 10–12% depending on your crew size
- Steady job, low risk, low capital, but not “high money”
- Best suited for disciplined kampung crews
Less attractive Job for many, but good for local kampung people
4. Frond Stacking
≈ RM120 – RM150 profit per round (100 ha)
≈ RM500 – RM600 per year
- Very small financial value
- Light labour
- Good as add-on, but won’t feed a company
5. Weeding / Slashing / Spraying
≈ RM260 – RM320 profit per full cycle (100 ha)
≈ RM1,000 – RM1,200 per year
- Lowest contractor rate vs labour cost
- Profit only makes sense with cheap manpower
- done by small local teams for better cost saving
6. Circle / Path Weeding
≈ RM150 – RM200 per year (100 ha)
- Small job, low payment
- Minimal margin
7. Spraying / Herbicide Handling
≈ RM100 – RM150 per year (100 ha)
- Very small contract value
- Good only as top-up work to keep workers busy