This research will be designed as a tool work for alleviating gripes pain experienced by workers in PT. Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) VIII uses REBA (Rapid Entire Body Assessment), a method taken into account for handling a system work. REBA is taken as input to make an ergonomic tool for the tea transport process. This study was conducted in the garden Ciater in picking the tea; in picking, several processes made one of the processes of transporting tea using sacks to be weighed and taken by truck to the mill for further processing. Primary data is data obtained directly through field observations. Data for working posture were taken in the form of photographs, especially from the appointment of workers plucking the tea bag. Posture assessment results showed the actual work at the highest risk level requiring immediate corrective action with the value of 8 that highlights the necessary improvements to the working posture. The corrective action taken is to design aids, folding trolleys, which in its design is based on the needs of workers and the state of the field..

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