This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on occupational opportunities related to home management and supporting services is the first in a set of two modules on occupational programs related to home management. (This set is part of a larger set of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE 019 901-967.) Following the module objective and overview, two units of instruction are presented: (1) career ladders and lattices in institutional home management and supporting services (containing a lesson on housekeeping skills and consumer services) and (2) determining local job market opportunities and entry-level skills (containing a lesson on local job opportunities). Each unit generally includes the following elements: objectives, overviews, narrative summary, and suggested activities and resources. Also included is a chart of a home economic career ladder, a sample job description, and a sample job analysis outline. A module pre/posttest (with answer key) concludes the document. (Workshop proceedings relating to the development of these modules are available in the ERIC system as CE 019 896-899; also available is a module on utilizing FHA-HERO as an instructional strategy to expand and strengthen the home economics instructional programs [CE 019 900].) (CT)