A study examined the training required for a wide range of occupations in which workers use computers or computer-controlled equipment. It was determined that although computer use is widespread and growing rapidly, relatively few workers (about 5 percent) need extensive education or training in computer-related skills. Because most workers involved with computers use them as tools in their jobs and work primarily with already-prepared computer software, they can learn computer-related skills in brief on-the-job training ranging anywhere from a few hours to a few weeks. Thus, it would appear that young workers need not fear being frozen out of the job market because they have not learned about computers. Because the computer skills required are, in most occupations, only a small part of the total work skills, the trend toward ever-increasing use of computers in the workplace will not impose correspondingly large demands on the education and training system. Schools already appear to be teaching word processing and electronic and computer technology effectively. Based on the finding that not more than two percent of all workers need to be able to program computers, it would seem that the inclusion of training in computer programming in general computer literacy studies could only be justified on general education grounds. Two areas where the schools do have an important role to play, however, are in offering vocational guidance and counseling in the area of computer-related occupations and retraining displaced workers in a broad spectrum of skill areas that includes but is not limited to computer-related skills. (MN)