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A study was conducted to determine what occupations;nationally are new and changing and if they need curriculum development at the vocational education level. The process used to conduct this study involve-d.four steps: identifying new and changing occupations, collecting information about the occupations, locating available instructional materials, and assessing the need for curriculum development. Fifteen occupations were identified as either new or changing a great deal.:Occupations that need curriculum development because very little if any instructional materials exist are catfish farm manager, computer drafting/graphics technician, and speech-language hearing assistant. Occupations that have a partial need for curriculum development (portions of curricula may be-available or a recombining of existing curricula may be needed) are cable television technician and aviation maintenance technician. Occupations that need to be observed closely _ because of their potential importance in the future include neurometrics technician