This handbook provides guidelines for enhancing the use of time in secondary and postsecondary vocational-technical classes. It is intended to guide teachers, administrators, supervisors, inservice coordinators, and teacher educators through conducting time-use analysis. It is part of BASICS, a package of integrated materials developed to assist teachers, administrators, and counselors in bridging vocational and academic skills. Since the information is broadly applicable, a prologue focuses the application of the information for the specific purpose of strengthening basic skills. It suggests ways for vocational and academic teachers to employ time-use analyses together to improve the productivity of their classes. Chapter 1 describes the purpose of the handbook and defines key concepts. Chapter 2 provides background on time use in education, including highlights from research and studies of vocational-technical classes. Chapters 3-5 each discuss one of the three stages of time-use analyses: discover how time is used, decide what change is needed, and change day-to-day practice. An example of a time-use analysis is used throughout to illustrate the use of an observation form and five worksheets. An appendix contains the reproducible forms. (YLB)