The follow-up study of 2,101 students from occupational programs in Ontario secondary schools reported in this document is retrospective and longitudinal in nature. The study was intended to ascertain the effectiveness of the occupational program in enabling graduates to secure employment and to hold a job, and to assess the relation to and influences on occupational graduates of other background and school variables. The actual employment experiences of occupational graduates and the relation of their training to these experiences were studied and the effects on students just completing a two- or three-year occupational program in 1973 were examined. A baseline survey was carried out concurrently with the follow-up survey, and personal interviews were conducted to supplement the results of the follow-up survey and to provide a cross-check on them. This report is organized as follows: Chapter 1 outlines the scope, objectives, and method of the study; in chapter 2 the results of the follow-up survey in the three areas of school, job, and background information are examined. In chapter 3 these responses are discussed with reference to patterns of variation by school variables. A more in-depth view of the world of the occupational graduate is presented in chapter 4, based on interviews with graduates. In chapter 5 the responses to the baseline survey are discussed, with additional reference to patterns of variation by sex. Chapter 6 discusses findings and conclusions. Appendixes contain forms and materials used in the study. (TA)