A guide to skilled occupations presents information on 30 occupations in narrative form. It is designed for students to use in career planning. For each occupation, the narrator describes, in conversational, first person form, the job, working conditions, necessary qualifications and personal characteristics, related school subjects, and opportunities for advancement and mobility. The occupations include: airline ticket agent, aquatic biologist, accountant, book editor, briefing attorney, ship's captain, commercial diver, computer programmer, conservation officer, editorial writer, electrician, executive, Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent, fish culturist, foreign correspondent, hearse chauffeur, international sales representative, longshoreman, managing editor, marine geophysicist geologist, merchant marine, optometrist, pediatric nurse, pilot, radio officer, railroad steward, taxi driver, travel information service worker, truck dispatcher, and veterinarian. (MSE)