653 ICCD (International Conference on Community Development), 1 (1), 2018, 653-659 E-ISSN 2622-5611 WOOD FINISHING TRAINING FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY MATERIAL EMPOWERING CARPENTER POTENCY IN MERUYA UTARA SUB DISTRICT–KEMBANGAN – WEST JAKARTA Prita Prasetya 1* , Riska Rosdiana 1 Management Department, Economy & Business Faculty, Mercu Buana University * pritaprasetya@gmail.com Abstract - Carpentry industry particularly furniture and interior production have been growing rapidly since any market demand increment is globally opened accessed either national or international. Kembangan, West Jakarta area, typically had many wood industries both furniture and interior. It prompted manpower absorbing from outside of the area to work in this sector by lack of knowledge and skill. Traditional carpenters who would refine their skill in carpentry, especially furniture and interior finishing experience. Training was organized for people whose potency and skill in furniture and crafting by organizing furniture training that focusing on finishing insight highly needed. By the activity, it’s expected to elevate their knowledge and skill in carpentry. The expected output of the activity was partners whose colourful abilities, as the consequence it generates productivity in ‘green’ or environmentally friendly furniture products. By any activities have been shared to partners, and then they expected to create best furniture products for both quantity and quality, and expanded their marketing. Keywords: Furniture, training, green product, productivity INTRODUCTION Carpentry industry particularly for furniture and interior production has been developing well. It has been experienced by global, middle company or industry in carpentry and furniture. The development is driven by market demand increment globally is getting opened either national or international. Ministry of Industry, Airlangga Hartarto stated that furniture and craft industry was lifestyle-based sector for people. It means product design innovation is needed following recently market taste and be able to compete with imported products. Three important factors prescribe it, namely capital, technology, human resource. To make this national industry to be competitive in global market, it is guided as well to create high value added products by maximizing local natural resource and environmentally friendly. On the other hand, the development of hotel and shopping mall interior or business in big cities around Indonesia provokes any taste and end technique change in finishing. Thereby, it generates consumer need and goal globally has to be satisfied. The need has to be found out for alternative and solution. Therefore, industrialists, furniture crafters, and stakeholders, such as vocational schools have to seek solution that mutually benefit each other and tackle any questions, challenges, and demands are continuously mount up. Furniture product demand in overseas market (export) mostly offered high quality ones, but they have not done finishing process yet. The consequence of it was going to lose in price, ± 40% was compared to the products have been done by finishing. Bunch of finishing types may be decided as work ending in furniture production and each of types have own excellences and shortcomings. Those excellences and shortcomings of each finishing technique need to be probed scientifically. The finishing types are encompassed of varnish, deco, and melamine, polyurethane, water-based and etcetera. The undeveloped one is high quality and environmentally paints, are polyurethane and water-based. Environmentally friendly paint is recently the most preferred one by export market, even for local consumer as well is getting care to the types of paint. Hence, it needs finishing touch in order to get the higher market opportunity. The more expectation is someday