This instructor's guide contains the materials required to teach a competency-based introductory course in sheet metal work to students who have chosen to explore careers in construction. The following topics are covered in the course's three instructional units: sheet metal materials, sheet metal tools, and applied skills. Each unit contains some or all of the following: objective sheets, suggested activities, supplemental information/activities to be presented at the instructor's discretion, information sheets, sheets of supplementary information to assist students in solving problems, transparency masters, instructional supplements containing suggestions for teaching basic skills, assignment sheets, job sheets, practical tests, written tests, and answers to assignment sheets and tests. Academic skills training is combined with vocational training throughout the instructional materials, and a system of icons has been used to help instructors identify activities into which training in the following basic skill areas has been infused: reading, science, creative thinking/problem solving, writing, oral communication, employability, math, interpersonal skills, and social studies. Most units of instruction are designed for use in more than one lesson or class period of instruction. These materials precede the instructional units: information on basic skills in curriculum, information on measuring student performance gains, and required criteria for a competency-based education program. A competency profile and basic skills matrix are included. (MN)