Mobile Shoe Sol Driver In Rangkasbitung, Banten Is Able To Earn IDR 300 Thousand Per Day

The income of a number of business actors in mobile shoe soles in Lebak Regency, Banten, reaches IDR 300 thousand per day so that they can meet the basic needs of their families and be able to send their children to school.

"Since the last year, we have earned around shoe sewing service of an average of IDR 300 thousand per day," said Dedi (55), a shoe sole business actor when met in Rangkasbitung, Lebak Regency, quoted by Antara, Sunday.

Pendapatan jasa usaha sol sekelang sebesar Rp300 ribu itu karena banyak pelanggan.

Because, he said, he has been in the business profession of sewing shoes for almost 30 years in the Rangkasbitung area and its surroundings.

In addition, the population of business actors in mobile shoe soles in Lebak Regency can be counted with their fingers.

According to him, young people now prefer to work in factories rather than shoe sole service businesses.

"We are in this business that the economic needs of the family can also be met by sending their two children to high school and now they are working in Jakarta," he said.

According to him, he travels in and out of the village every day to travel 20 kilometers and customers are never quiet.

Parapelanggan provides various rewards or wages and depends on the level of damage to shoes and sandals, ranging from Rp. 15 thousand to Rp. 50 thousand/pair.

"If the type is easy and small, it is like children's shoes of Rp. 20 thousand / pair, for adult sports shoes Rp. 25 thousand / pair, and the skin is a bit strict, Rp. 50 thousand / pair," said Dedi.

Likewise, Ujang (45), a mobile shoe sole business actor, admitted that he was quite relieved after the COVID-19 pandemic, that relatively decent income until he returned home could bring an average of IDR 300 thousand per day.

The profession of trying to sew shoes has been carried out since the age of 20 and is now almost 25 years old still around looking for consumers.

In fact, he sometimes walks to Pandeglang for 20 kilometers.

The income of shoe sol services and sandals of IDR 300 thousand can meet the needs of the family.

This is because the business capital for shoe and sandals is only skills and threads so that they get a decent profit.

"We can buy motorbikes, houses and three children to go to school to junior high and high school," he said.

Meanwhile, Head of the Lebak Regency Manpower Office, Maman, said that local governments need to conduct skills training on shoe soles in connection with the number of business populations that are threatened with scarcity.

The shoe sole training is for young job seekers to have a living and independent provision.

"We really think that young people, especially job seekers, need skills so that they can live independently in the community," he said.