This curriculum guide was created to guide workplace basic skills instructors in the design of customized curricula for Project Employment Assistance and Skill Enhancement (EASE II), an on-the-job literacy and basic skills improvement project for employees of small companies in the metal working industry in the Chicago area. The guide contains lesson plans for three courses: workplace vocational English as a second language on three levels, prestatistical processing control mathematics, and training the trainer. Lesson plans include competencies to be taught, instructional activities, introduction and presentation, lesson practice and reinforcement activities, evaluation, and instructional materials. (KC)