Five Jobs ONLY in Indonesia

Every country has their own job that only exist in their country. It has the same case with Indonesia. I got five jobs that only exist in Indonesia. What kind of job is that? Sound interesting? Come and read it!

5 JOBS THAT ONLY EXIST IN INDONESIA

1. KETUA RT/ KETUA RW

You got Chief Head or Village Chief, Indonesian got Ketua RT and Ketua RW! Well, let’s talk about Ketua RT (the short of Rukun Tetangga. You must read it as R-T) first. Ketua RT is kind of job or position in every single block. Those who got the position of Ketua RT must be someone that respectful in every block of every village. So in one Indonesian village, may be we can got about 5 – 20 Ketua RT. It’s depend of how many block the village has. The job of Ketua RT is to organize the block, whether it’s about kind of payment (usually about rubbish), problem between neighbor, or document.

Last but not the last, we got Ketua RW (RW for Rukun Warga. Read it as R-W). Ketua RW is some respectful man in the village that trusty enough to be the representative of the village. He’ll organize all of village problem and document things. If you want to build something in some place of the village, you shoulda ask the permission of ketua RT and Ketua RW. Well, welcome to Indonesia!

2. TUKANG PARKIR

Tukang Parkir – is someone that always there when you want to park your vehicle. Whether you want to go out or come in to the park area. Sometimes, they wear orange uniform, light green, or even dress as the ordinary man. Most of Tukang parkir are male. They will help you with the direction to go out or in the park area. You just need to give them Rp. 1.000,- until 2.000,- . But if you want to give them more, just give it. They’ll grateful for sure.

3. PENJUAL MINUMAN KELILING

If you got vending machine, Indonesian got the special one in human version. Well, we call it tukang minuman keliling or penjual minuman keliling. They usually sell kind of cofee, tea, and another cold drink you can get from vending machine. For the case of cofee or tea, usually they’ll make it after you asked it. So it’s really fresh-hot-tea or fresh-hot-coffee. Don’t asked for the cold version, they don’t have it.

4. TUKANG TAMBAL BAN

Every Indonesian found tukang tambal Ban is the hero, when their vehicle broken. Tukang tambal Ban – well, what should I say, they are people who stand by in the edges of the road with the board TAMBAL BAN. It’s like first aid place for your broken vehicle. Even tho~ they are not profesionally certificated , they are profesionally talented. You know, how many Indonesian that use motorcycle? Right. That’s the reason why Tukang Tambal Ban is easy to find in the road.

5. OJEK PAYUNG

How many season Indonesian has? Right! Musim hujan (rainy season) and musim kemarau (dry season). In rainy season, you coulda find OJEK PAYUNG in front of the gate of some office or mall. The job of OJEK PAYUNG is to make sure that rain cannot touch you with their umbrella. Sweet right? :) Anyway, you need to give them money about Rp. 5.000 – 10.000,-

Okay. That’s all of five hobs that ONLY EXIST in Indonesia. Hope it work! I’m victoria Fitria. Nice to meet you :D