This publication is part of the study materials for the distance education course, Curriculum and Competencies, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University. It contains 39 papers on the nature, historical development, and delivery of competency-based training (CBT) and on the Australian and international debates surrounding CBT. The following papers are included: "Introduction to the Discourse on Competency-Based Training (CBT)" (Brown); "Competency-Based Education" (Spady); "Competency-Based Approach to Education and Training" (Blank); "Competency-Based Training Programs" (Foyster); "Aspects of the Framework for the Implementation of a Competency-Based Vocational Education and Training System" (VEETAC [Vocational Education, Employment, and Training Advisory Council]);"History of the Objectives Movement in Education" (Davies); "Educational Responses to the Concern for Proficiency" (Neumann); "Competence-Based Education and Training" (Tuxworth); "From Novice to Expert" (Benner); "Concept of Competence" (Jessup); "Competency-Based Training" (Thomson); "Standards and Training" (National Training Board, Rumsey, Cooper, Haines); "Statewide System for Competency-Based Instruction" (Blank); "Developing a Coherent National Framework of Qualifications" (Jessup); "Developing New Competencies for Workplace Education" (Mawer); "National Training Reform Agenda and Enterprise Bargaining" (Mansfield); "Critical Analysis of Competency-Based Systems in Adult Education" (Collins); "In Search of a Real Analysis" (Parker); "Rebuttal to: A Critical Analysis of Competency-Based Systems in Adult Education" (Ratcliff); "Competency-Based Adult Education and Variations on the Theme" (Collins); "Case against 'Competence'" (Jackson); "On 'Competence'" (Ashworth, Saxton); "Rise of Competency-Based Education" (Magnusson, Osborne); "Competency-Based Skills Training" (Gossett, Kane, Tesolowski); "Competency and the Pedagogy of Labour" (Field); "Trouble with Competence" (Norris); "NVQs (National Vocational Qualifications)" (Marshall); "Alternative Models of Competence in Vocational Education and Training" (Hodkinson); "Modularisation" (Ker); "Competency-Based Programs" (Harris, Barnes, Haines); "Implementing Competency-Based Vocational Education" (Candy, Harris); "Competency-Based Vocational Education" (Watson); "How Clever Are We...in the Way We Train Our Workers?" (Scott); "Qualified for the Job" (Cooper); "Ford Factory Learning" (Brown); "Vocational Education and Training Curriculum Policy" (Winning); "Skills, Self-Paced Learning and Work" (Davison, Smith); "Competency-Based Learning at Richmond College of TAFE (Technical and Further Education)" (Fahey); "From Concept to Practice" (Bryson, Edgar, McAleavy); and "Applications at the NAB (National Australia Bank)" (McKinnon, Cherry). Many papers contain substantial bibliographies. (MN)