The Kentucky Model for competency-based vocational education is a system for the instructional program's development and delivery, from identification of incumbent worker tasks to student occupational competence. The components, each of which supports the others and is affected in content by the others, are: (1) instructional objectives derived from specific tasks related to basic jobs with criterion-referenced measures for student performance drawn directly from the objectives; (2) a developmental handbook, to help curriculum writers develop the instructional program from the objectives; (3) student instructional modules, the total group constituting a coherent vocational program; (4) supporting instructional materials; (5) supporting instructional facilities; (6) a program management system, enabling teachers to organize and manage the program, and maintain student records; (7) a teacher's instructional handbook, which includes alternative learning experiences and appropriate affective objectives; and (8) teacher orientation. The final report describes the model, and discusses the individual study module, which is a set of learning activities designed to facilitate the student's acquisition and demonstration of a particular occupational competence. Discussion reactions to local presentations of the competency-based program model, which were used to modify and revise the model, are summarized and a sample study module is included. (AJ)