This practitioner's guide was developed for instructors in schools and business and industry who need to gather materials and design, develop, and implement job-specific basic skills programs. It provides a practical model for establishing cost-effective basic skills and literacy programs. It also provides practical advice about how to use the information to develop instructional materials and basic skills job simulations. The guide covers the following ideas: why take a job-literacy approach?; what is literacy task analysis?; needs analysis; and conducting a literacy task analysis. A bibliography is included. Extensive appendixes provide a step-by-step walk-through for gathering or developing materials for a literacy program for a company or industry. They include site interview guidelines, materials for low-literate adult learners, vocabulary exercises, sample lessons, readability formulas, and resources. (KC)