OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION FOR USE IN THE PLACEMENT AND COUNSELING SERVICES OF THE AFFILIATED STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES IS PRESENTED IN THIS BROCHURE, ESENTIALLY AN UPDATING OF "OCCUPATIONS IN ELECTRONIC DATA-PROCESSING SYSTEMS," PUBLISHED IN 1959. JOB ANALYSES PROVIDED THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF DATA, BUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM PERIODICALS AND PUBLICATIONS AND FROM DISCUSSIONS WITH EXPERTS IN THE VARIOUS PHASES OF ELECTRONIC COMPUTING. BECAUSE THE DATA REFLECT THE OCCUPATIONAL SITUATIONS AS THEY EXIST IN VARIED LOCATIONS AND ESTABLISHMENTS, THE DESCRIPTIONS ARE COMPOSITES OF JOBS AND MAY NOT COINCIDE EXACTLY WITH ANY JOB IN A SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION. EACH OF THE 23 JOB DESCRIPTIONS GIVES (1) OCCUPATIONAL DEFINITION, (2) EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE, AND (3) SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS, SUCH AS APTITUDES, INTERESTS, TEMPERAMENTS, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. A GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS GIVES DETAIL TO PROVIDE AN UNDERSTANDING OF TERMS USED IN THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS. THE SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY IS SUFFICIENTLY DIVERSE TO PROVIDE A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE FIELD. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AS L7.2--EL2/965 FOR 30 CENTS FROM SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402. (HC)