This teaching guide for business machine repair occupations is one of a series of five performance- and employer-based secondary level vocational education guides. Part 1 provides tools, resources, and a process to be used at the local level to develop a training curriculum and supporting instructional activities. It includes a comprehensive overview of the career field; a performance-based listing of job tasks and related learning objectives; a method for developing learning activity packages; two sample learning activity packages; descriptions of eight commonly used teaching methods; and a listing of instructional resources and references. Part 2 offers the guidance counselor career information and recommends steps to determine criteria for student selection and placement in the training program; a description of the general aptitude test battery; a composite profile of the entry-level worker; a listing of instructional units of a widely used remediation program; the Worker Trait Codification System (from the "Dictionary of Occupational Titles") which provides an explanation of the knowledge, aptitude, and interest levels associated with worker trait groups; descriptions of related jobs; and job titles associated with the worker trait groups identified for the entry-level worker. (NJ)