A project was designed to develop a vocational course to satisfy an industry request for trained manpower in petroleum production. During phase one the feasibility was studied, formal instruction determined, an instructor named, site located and secured, and students selected for the class. A three-year trade and industrial level course for secondary students in grades 10, 11, and 12 was initiated at the start of the 1976-77 school year with thirty-two students enrolled. Strong points of the program were industrial support and donations, efforts of the lay advisory committee, student interest, and employment opportunities. Progress in class development was excellent. A teacher-aide was added to improve instruction, with positive results. An additional aspect of the program was a curriculum development project. A task analysis approach with a survey of incumbent workers to verify the tasks was adopted. The data was processed and teaching steps, objectives, and measurement criteria written. The program displayed many positive features despite many problems encountered, and student applications for the second year were high. Expansion of the building will permit an increase in enrollment. (Appendixes contain a glossary of petroleum production terms, project time schedule, list of tools purchased, and the fifty-page petroleum production task inventory.) (Author/JT)