JAKARTA - Indonesia’s Industry Ministry says Bali’s Pusat Flavor and Fragrance has trained 40 Indonesian migrant workers in certified spa-oil blending, connecting essential-oil processing with skills used in spa and wellness jobs abroad, including placements in the Maldives.

The ministry is developing the Bali-based centre, known as PFF, as a site for essential-oil product training, innovation and business incubation, according to an Antara report published on May 10. Acting Director General of Agro Industry Putu Juli Ardika said the training was carried out with the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency, with the Maldives named as one destination for workers using those spa and wellness skills.

The 40 workers were identified as training participants in the May report. Their spa-oil blending course shows how the ministry is linking Bali’s essential-oil industry with overseas wellness-sector work, rather than treating migrant placement as separate from industrial training.

Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said PFF is part of Indonesia’s effort to process essential oils into higher-value products, including perfume, aromatherapy goods, spa products, cosmetics and natural home-care products. The ministry said Bali’s tourism market and spa industry give the centre a direct user base for those products.

“PFF Bali is not only a training centre,” Putu said. He said the facility is expected to support flavor and fragrance products that can compete in domestic and global markets.

The centre has also run non-certified aromatherapy blending training for Denpasar Industrial Training Center staff and the public. A mini class, Create Your Scent, was held with Spa Factory Bali, while PFF has also prepared a perfume-blending curriculum using essential oils.

PFF’s 2026 programme includes several practical training sessions. It held used-cooking-oil soap training with Udayana University on March 13 for 22 participants. It scheduled perfume-blending training for May 29, soap and aromatherapy candle training for June 29, and aromatherapy incense training for August 7.

Indonesia’s Ministry for Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers said on January 27 earlier this year that Indonesia recorded 296,948 migrant worker placements in 2025 and 2,800 worker complaints, mostly involving return, wages, termination, health and immigration issues.