Designed to gather and analyze the information needed to develop a plan for a model comprehensive occupational education system (COES), this research project is reported in five chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the project which was conducted in the Bronx borough of New York City because this area exemplifies the problems of urban education and has a high unemployment rate for minority teenagers. Chapter 2 defines the existing occupational education delivery system, identifies the unmet needs of the target population, and provides an analysis of the labor market. Chapters 3 and 4 present the plan for a COES and its component parts: a career development center (CDC), a centralized information system, and a career guidance system. Organized schemes for both a COES and a CDC are presented, as well as sections dealing with facilities planning, transportation and scheduling patterns, curriculum development, and coordination with business/industry/labor/community. The final chapter presents the conclusions and recommendations of the COER Project (Comprehensive Occupational Education Research). Suggested guidelines for developing such a system in other large cities are included in a companion document. (BM)