Guidelines on how placement should fit into the total school setting and in particular into career education as it becomes better established are discussed in this paper, one of a series on critical issues in vocational-technical education. The school counselor is viewed as the coordinator of the total career guidance, counseling, and placement program as well as having a major role in working directly with students. Career guidance, counseling, and placement functions are grouped into three categories: Curriculum based functions, individual facilitation functions, and on-call functions. Traditional processes and resources of career guidance, counseling and placement functions are discussed. Implementation strategies for career guidance and placement programs are outlined to provide an approach to a sequential system for program implementation, which consists of three stages: Precommitment stage, commitment stage, and implementation stage. The model-comprehensive approach to establishing a career guidance and placement center described here is specifically for the secondary school (7-12), although the concept can be modified and made applicable for either elementary or post-secondary education. Activities and community resources use are suggested, and a floor plan for a placement center is included. (TA)