DEVELOPMENT OF A RUBBER STRAP CUTTING TOOL AS A SOLUTION TO ACCELERATE THE WORK OF FLIP-FLOP RUBBER STRAP CUTTERS IN KAMPUNG BELAKANG KAMAL RT. 009/RW. 03, KELURAHAN KAMAL, KALIDERES DISTRICT, WEST JAKARTA

Abstract

One of the areas in Kampung Belakang Kamal has a livelihood as flip-flop rubber cutting workers, specifically the community in RT 009/RW 03. This area is inhabited by around 120 families (KK). Of these 120 families, approximately 50% earn their living as flip-flop rubber cutting workers. The problem that occurs is the lengthy cutting time since they use scissors. The leftover rubber that curves and sticks to the flip-flops must be cut carefully to ensure a neat result. In one day, flip-flop rubber cutting workers can only complete cutting one sack of flip-flops and are paid only Rp. 10,000. The solution that can be offered is to create a rubber cutting tool that can be used by flip-flop rubber cutting workers to save time in the rubber cutting process. In this way, it is hoped to increase the economic value of the flip-flop rubber cutting worker community. The method of community service implementation involves actions or required stages, namely: analyzing the community’s situation, identifying problems, setting goals, planning problem-solving strategies, social approaches, activity implementation, and evaluating activities and results. The flip- flop rubber cutting tool is expected to increase the economic value of the local community