This document, which is intended to assist individuals responsible for developing tech prep programs, lists the occupational, academic, and employability competencies that representatives from education, business/industry, and labor throughout Ohio have identified as being necessary for employment in technician-level positions involving the manufacture and/or use of plastics. Included in the introductory section are the following: overview of the technical competency profile (TCP) process used to identify the technical competencies; lists of TCP team members; plastics job definitions; and plastics technical competency profile matrix. The plastics technical competencies identified by the TCP team are listed by the following categories: communications literacy; mathematics literacy; science literacy; technological literacy; employability skills; professionalism; teamwork; technical recording and reporting; problem analysis; project management; computer literacy; basic economics; workplace safety; industrial electricity; electric test and measurement equipment; drafting technology; print reading; computer-aided design fundamentals; equipment maintenance; electromechanical technology; basic machining; hydraulics and pneumatics; industrial manufacturing technology; programmable logic controllers; welding basics; supervision; quality assurance; plastics press technology; sheet metal fabrication; mold making; polymer technology; plastics troubleshooting; plastics product design; color matching; instrumental methods; rheology; and plastics manufacturing. Concluding the document are a sample glossary and plastics TCP index. (MN)