This guide is intended to help educational planners in building partnerships between educators teaching courses in electrical occupations and the business, industry, and labor sectors of their communities. The guide, which is written in outline form, includes concept statements, explanations of concept statements, examples, and step-by-step procedures for utilizing concepts to achieve the following objectives: establishing the need for a partnership, defining education's expectations, identifying what industry is willing to contribute, identifying the partners in a cooperative program, establishing common goals and objectives, utilizing a plan of work, and maintaining the partnership. Appended to the guide are a list of goals for partnership; a proposal for sharing with business, industry, and labor; a resource directory information collection instrument; a list of the duties of a project monitor; questions for use in collecting evaluation information; and two follow-up surveys. (MN)