This task-based curriculum guide for building and home maintenance services is intended to help the teacher develop a classroom management system where students learn by doing. Introductory materials include a Dictionary of Occupational Titles job code and title sheet, a career ladder, a matrix relating duty/task numbers to job titles, and a task list. Each task is then outlined in this format: statement of duty, statement of task, duty and task numbers, a checklist of achievement indicators, a statement of the criteria for achievement of competence, specification of required tools and equipment and resources, and lists of teacher activities and student learning activities. The tasks are categorized by 13 duties: operating and maintaining equipment, caring for resiliant and nonresiliant floors, caring for carpeted floors, maintaining surfaces, performing laundry operations, performing building repairs, performing plumbing repairs, performing electrical repairs, maintaining grounds, operating temperature controls, performing management functions, maintaining facilities, and using employability skills. Other contents include student and class achievement records, tool/equipment lists, and a bibliography. (YLB)