1. Why the daily task matters more than it looks
The plucking task is the daily norm a worker must meet to earn hazira. Everything above it is paid as over-kilo incentive. That makes the task number the most argued-about number on the estate, and the one most often handled by word of mouth.
When the norm lives in the supervisor's memory or on a torn page of a diary, three problems follow: the office cannot confirm what was assigned, workers hear different targets from different sheds, and incentive disputes start at the weighing point.
2. The assignment flow, morning to evening
- Office assigns. Plucking tasks are set per section in the office system for the day, based on flush, weather, and gang strength.
- Device receives. Tasks travel to the field devices with the daily configuration, along with sections, work codes, and rules.
- Session starts with the target. The supervisor opens the session for the section and the assigned task is on the record from the start.
- Weighing compares. Each scale reading saves against the same record as the task, so net weight and target are side by side.
- Office reviews the difference. Summaries show weight against task per section and per worker, which feeds hazira and incentive calculation.
3. Section norms and pro-rata adjustments
One fixed norm across an estate rarely matches reality. Sections differ in leaf availability, and days differ in weather and gang strength. The task settings handle this:
- Per-section norms. Each section carries its own task definition.
- Pro-rata tasks. The daily target adjusts for a smaller gang, a shortened day, or section conditions, instead of forcing one number onto every line.
- Season changes. Peak and lean flush adjustments are made in the office and reach the field with the next configuration, not by word of mouth.
4. What changes on the ground
Supervisors start the day with the target in hand instead of waiting for a note. Workers are told the task at muster and see the result at weighing, on the same record. Office staff stop reconstructing who was assigned what, because the assignment has been on the harvest record since the session opened. And when the wage sheet is prepared, the task, the weight, and the deductions are already together, so the incentive calculation has nothing left to guess.