Objectives; Curriculum De$ign; *Curriculum

The paper id divided into five parts, introduced by the research rationale and a definition of the DACUM (Designing a Curriculum) approach to curriculum, learning, and evaluation in.occupational trainiLg. As a process, DACUM is a group-accomplished occupational subject area skills analysis; as a product, it is a graphic representation of those skills, called a DACUM chart,7which can be used as a curriculum plan. Part 1 of the paper reviews the current literature on task analysis techniques used for systematic curriculum development. Part 2 describes the ways DACUM is being used, and Part 3 is the DACUM procedures manual, for coordinators leading groups in developing DACUM charts (skills profiles). Part 4 is a 142-page collection of terminal performance objectives drawn from completed DACUM charts, classified into 24 general areas according to the Canadian Classifications and Dictionary of Occupations. Par * 5 presents conclusions and implications: DACU