FACULTY OF PLANTATION AND AGROTECHNOLOGY

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA (UiTM) MELAKA

BRANCH JASIN CAMPUS

AT110:
DIPLOMA IN PLANTING INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT

FPA 150:
FIELDWORK 2

LOGBOOK REPORT:

WEEK 2

PREPARED BY:
NAME STUDENT NO GROUP
NUR DALILAH HUSNINA BINTI MOHD 2022628514 M3AT110 2C
ZULFAKAR SHAH

PREPARE FOR:
PN NUR NABILA HUDA AZIZ
DATE: 31 March 2023
TOPIC: Field Maintenance
PLACE: Palm Oil Trees Plot

INTRODUCTION: Activities in agriculture such as weeding, land clearing, and etc.

OBJECTIVE(S):
 To prevent competition between crops and weeds
 To prevent any pest and disease on crops

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

HOE

PRUNER

MACHETE

STRAW HAT
NATURE OF DONE WORK
TIME ACTIVITY
07.30 – 08.00 Students gather at Agrotech Plantation and sang National
anthem, ‘Wawasan Setia’ and ‘The Planters’ song.
08.00 – 08.30 Students sat down and listened to a few briefings given by
lecturer.
08.30 – 08.40 Went to take tools in the store and started move to our plot
given by class.
08.40 – 09.00 We started the maintenance process around the palm oil tree.
09.00 – 09.10 Students took a break
09.10 – 10.40 We continued to weeding and do some land clearing.
10.40 – 11.00 We finished early because of fasting and went to the store to
store back the tools and equipment.

OBSERVATION
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
Students listened to the briefing given
by lecturer

Students sang National Anthem,

‘Wawasan Setia’, and ‘The Planters’
song

We’re doing land clearing and weeding

COSTING
Material Cost:
No Item Price/Unit No of Unit Total (RM)
. (RM) (RM)
1. MACHETE 23.50 2 47.00
2. PRUNER 23.90 1 23.90
3. HOE 35.00 15 525.00
4. BOOTS 15.00 30 450.00
5. STRAW HAT 7.50 30 225.00
TOTAL COST 1270.90
Labour Cost:
No Item Hourly Wages Work Hour Total
. (RM) (RM)
1. Salary (daily) 8.15 8 65.20
2. Salary (monthly) 8.15 176 1434.40
TOTAL COST 1499.60
TOTAL COST = (RM 1270.90 + RM 1499.60 = RM 2770.50)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
SIDE SELECTION
 Near the water resource
 Easy to access
 Flat area
 Base area
 Identify the soil
OIL PALM NURSERY STAGES
o Single stage nursery - mostly used when there are few germinated seeds
because it is cheaper
o Double stage nursery - you grow the seedlings in two steps
NURSERY NEEDS
 Clearing
 Make a barrier
 Layout
 Water irrigation
 Seed management

WATER IRRIGATION SYSTEM

Types
  Sprinkler irrigation
 Surface irrigation
 Drip irrigation
 Subsurface irrigation
 Manual irrigation
TASK
Find 3 types of weeds
1. Common Nettle

Scientific Name: Urtica dioica

2. Brachiaria Mutica

Scientific Name: Urochloa mutica

3. Indian Goosegrass

Scientific Name: Eleusine indica