This task-based curriculum guide is intended to help secondary teachers provide relevant training for an entry-level job in machine trades. Introductory materials include background information on trade and industrial education and program goals and safety information. Descriptions follow of the construction trades program, vocational cooperative education, work experience/unpaid work experience, work experience and career exploration programs, and vocational work study. This job information is then provided: job titles and a task inventory for machine trades. Tasks are grouped under 20 duties in the following categories: performing shop practices; performing tool crib and measurement/layout/inspection operations; applying metallurgical processes; interpreting blueprints; performing bench work; operating power saws, drill presses, lathes, milling machines, shapers, and pedestal as well as surface, cylindrical, and tool/cutter grinding machines; operating numerical control and electrodischarge machines; maintaining machines; and using employability skills. Duty tabs comprise the largest portion of the curriculum guide. Each task in the listing is presented in a one-page format that provides this information: duty, task, achievement indicators, criteria, tools and equipment, and resources. Other components of the curriculum guide include tool and equipment lists, a student achievement record, a class achievement record, a glossary of vocational terms, and resource and reference lists. (YLB)