This guide, an extension of the Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS) catalog, includes such considerations as background information, decision-making skills, attitudes, and learning methods surrounding the occupations of bookkeeper/accountant/payroll clerk. The guide provides job-relevant task, performance objectives, performance guides, resources, learning activities, evaluation standards, and achievement testing for these occupations. The guide contains seven units that cover the following topics: management functions; recording entries in journals and ledgers; periodic accounting/reporting activities; general accounting-related activities; payroll activities; activities related to banking; and clerical-related activities. Appendixes to the guide provide a duty and task list, definitions of terms, a tool and equipment list, sources for standards, and a bibliography. (KC)