The guide is designed to provide a basis for effective communication between local education agencies and local advisory committees regarding industrial plastics eudcation and to communicate national and statewide program requirements so that local advisory committees may recommend program requirements that meet local needs with due concern for State and national needs. There is recent evidence that the plastics industry as a whole is less aerospace oriented and becoming more industrial plastics oriented. Hence it is recommended that a school planning a preparatory program carefully review its objectives with its local advisory committee. The document is organized by task analysis and course objectives for the three jobs of machine and hand parts finisher, plastic bench mechanic, and plaster and plastic tooling mechanic. For each vocation, occupational information steps to accomplish each task and what constitutes satisfactory performance are described. (Author/LJ)