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Penglatan village, one of the villages in Buleleng Regency-Bali, is the center of dodol industry, with a number of makers up to 44 small group makers, on which each group consisting of 6 to 8 workers. Dodol is a sweet snack that has been sold to many regions in Bali as well as to modern markets such as minimarkets or supermarkets and Bali souvenir shops. In Bali, dodol has become one of the traditional snacks used for offering in religion ceremony. The making process of dodol consisted of several processes, which were dough making, cooking, packaging/wrapping, and lastly, drying. The drying process was done by the workers through the natural method by utilizing the traditional tool to spread the dodol on the bamboo mat on which afterwards, continued by drying them in the sun. The kind of drying process can cause ergonomic problems such as pain in the neck, shoulder, back, lower back, head, and hands. As a result, it can decrease the work productivity as well as the product quality. |
