These curriculum outlines are for administrator, supervisor, and teacher use in planning courses at local levels according to community needs and availability of facilities, equipment, and teaching time. The guide may also be used in developing and organizing courses for manpower development and training programs. The course outlines and other guide materials were prepared under contract by the staff of South-Western Publishing Company and reviewed by consultants from the fields of teaching and administration and by specialists in the U.S. Office of Education. Unit outlines are presented for each of the following occupations, including the length of the programs in clock hours: (1) Bookkeepers, 540-780, (2) Cashiers, 480-825, (3) Tellers, 600-825, (4) Automatic Data-Processing Equipment Operators, 570-1,170, (5) Billing Machine Operators, 540, (6) Bookkeeping Machine Operators, 570-600, (7) Computing Machine Operators, 450-570, (8) Accounting-Recording Machine Operators, 330-480, and (9) Computing and Account-Recording Occupations, 390-855. Trainees are expected to have a working knowledge of English and elementary arithmetic. Job descriptions and prerequisites for training and employment are shown for each included for each subject unit. Suggested physical facilities layouts, equipment, and standards of student achievement are given in the appendix. (PS)