This vocational program guide is intended to assist in the organization, operation, and evaluation of a program in health services occupations in school districts, area vocational centers, and community colleges. The following topics are covered: program content (job duties of physical therapy aides and orderlies and curriculum framework and student performance standards); facilities (design criteria, suggested equipment and supplies, and safety); program implementation (suggested course outline and student organization participation); student admissions and teacher standards (student admissions requirements and teacher certification and other qualifications); and instructional resources (professional organizations and support services, teacher-recommended materials, and sample forms). A sample student learning guide is appended. A Career Merit Achievement Plan (Career MAP) for use in recording the progress of students enrolled in a health services occupations program is packaged with the program guide. Included in the Career MAP are a list of relevant job titles, overview of the MAP and directions for using it, guidelines for rating student performance standards, and charts detailing the various subcompetencies of the health services occupations skills and work environment readiness skills covered in the health services occupations program. (MN)