A project was conducted to identify outcomes and procedures for measuring the occupational competency of students completing a coherent sequence of courses in career and technology education (C&TE) programs throughout Texas. Phase 1 of the project focused on horticulture/floriculture/landscaping and child care occupations. The major activities of phase 1 were as follows: comprehensive review of literature about workplace competencies in the two study occupations that have been developed by other states; telephone survey of offices of education in other states to identify competencies currently being used in C&TE and to determine how the competencies were established and validated; identification of occupational competencies based on a review of the literature review, telephone survey results, existing occupational competencies lists, and the competencies identified in the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills report; and validation of the identified exit-level competencies through a Delphi survey of industry representatives in horticulture and child care. Lists of exit-level competencies were developed and validated for students in secondary- and postsecondary-level agricultural technology and child care programs. (Contains 19 tables and 58 references. Appendixes constituting approximately 60% of this document contain the following: list of advisory committee members, project-related correspondence, and project questionnaires and interview forms.) (MN)