This supporting document sets out the content analysis technique and detailed findings that underly part of the research conducted for the report titled "VET for secondary school students: acquiring an array of technical and non-technical skills." That report is the first in a set of studies that aims to understand the value of vocational education and training (VET) delivered to secondary school students. This supporting document reflects the detailed investigation of the extent to which training packages assist VET for secondary school students in the development of non-technical or generic skills. In this support document the authors provide detailed information on the findings of the content analysis technique they used to investigate the non-technical skills covered in selected training packages and Australian curriculum units reported on in the main report on "VET for secondary school students: acquiring an array of technical and non-technical skills." They describe the aims, method and processes for conducting the 'content analysis' and present the Skills Terminology Guide used to provide direction for the collection of the data. Also included are detailed findings of the content analysis of each of the training package qualifications investigated, the case studies of Certificate III in Carpentry and Joinery, and Certificate IV and Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Engineering. [For the full research report "VET for Secondary School Students: Acquiring an Array of Technical and Non-Technical Skills. Research Report," see ED594428.]