This package contains a paper summarizing the aims and services provided by the Business and Technician Education Council (B/TEC). Established to advance the quality and availability of a wide range of employment-related education to persons in the United Kingdom who are studying at or beyond the equivalent of the American associate-degree level, B/TEC is empowered to establish educational qualifications and criteria for awarding them, approve colleges or institutions, and validate particular courses. Also included in the package are seven summary sheets that provide basic information about getting a job in the following occupational areas: business, distribution, public administration, engineering, hotel and catering, construction, science, finance. Each of these information sheets contains some or all of the following: a discussion of skills needed by persons employed in the given occupation, ways in which B/TEC can help entry workers and currently employed individuals prepare for employment in the occupation, information concerning where and how to enroll in courses needed, course requirements, and sources of further information. (MN)