An experimental project was conducted between July 1972 and August 1973 to offer adult basic education to high seniority, unskilled employees laid off because of the seasonal nature of their jobs in the fruit and vegetable canning industry in northern California. The project's purpose was to demonstrate that layoff time training (LOTT) would be viable and useful when conducted in an industry with specific screening criteria. The criteria are an advancement system based not only on seniority but also on qualifications, a labor market allowing for outside hiring of skilled and semiskilled workers, a significant number of high seniority employees who are not advanced to better jobs because they lack qualifications they could receive through LOTT, and a significant number of workers who experience layoff periods which would enable them to participate in LOTT programs. The training program included English as a second language, basic education, and advancement related counseling. Over 400 workers participated, and both unions and management actively supported the program. It was concluded that the screening criteria may well be predictive of whether or not a LOTT program will be successful in a given industry. One measure of the project's success was that through a collective bargaining agreement the unions and management elected to finance its continuation. An appendix includes statistical tables. (LMS)