This curriculum was prepared to help teachers of mentally handicapped adults teach basic work skills and skills for bussing/pot washing or gardening assistant's jobs. The first sections of the curriculum guide cover the curriculum features, admission requirements, the pre-employment component, communications, personal care, number concepts, and basic work skills and knowledge. The sections in the second part of the guide provide course materials for a course on bussing/pot washing. Included are competencies, job activities, teaching methods with course content matched to performance criteria, experience/resources and evaluation methods. The next sections of the guide contain the same kinds of materials for a course on gardening assistants. The final section of the guide provides evaluation criteria for both courses. Samples of learning contracts also are included in the publication. (KC)