ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: Seaweed is one of Indonesia’s potential marine commodities that may contribute to the national revenue and a new source of income for the local community, as the cultivation of seaweed is much easier and cheaper than paddy crop, because neither pesticides nor fertilizer would be required. The local practice of drying the seaweed is by spreading it over a plastic sheet on the ground and exposing it to the sun. The working posture during drying is squatting and stooping to flatten and spread evenly the seaweed. This study was conducted to examine the effects of changing the workers’ working posture with the aim to improve workers’ performance. This is an experimental study using a two-period cross-over design on 20 farmers of seaweed cultivation. The results of the study showed that changing the workers’ working posture improved the performance of seaweed farmers.
