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on the demand side of what industry needs in a plastics technologist. This occupational study was initiated with the endorsement of five professional organizations and covered 29 plastics manufacturers in the greater Dayton area. The occupational analysis method called DACUM (Developing A Curriculum) was used to identify the duties and tasks and related core competencies (Norton, 1997). An expert panel for the DACUM process consisted of experienced practitioners working within the plastics manufacturing field. In the two day event the DACUM expert panel identified the duties and tasks. These duties and tasks were then organized into a DACUM Research Chart containing 11 duties, 78 tasks and 72 enablers. Finally the duties, tasks, and enablers were verified by the DACUM expert panel. The DACUM research chart was used to develop a task verification survey chart for plastics technologists. The task verification survey consisted of enablers, demographics from responders, processes used in manufacturing, and the three most important research questions. The questions are as follows: 1) Does an entry level plastics technologis