The Literacy Requirements of an Account Clerk on the Job and in a Vocational Training Program.

As part of a project that identified the specific literacy skills required in ten occupations, this report provides two levels of instructional information about account clerks. Factual data are presented in Parts / and' TI for use in decision making by program developers, administrators, teachers, and counselors. These sections note the specific literacy requirements (reading, writing, listening, speaking, and mathematics) that were identified at three job sites and in three vocational training programs. Part III Fresimats instrvctional methods/materials that adult basic education teachers can uee,,to develop literacy skills while imparting job related knowledge. The lesson format is bitsed on a directed reading activity and includes vocabulary and concept development, sentence and organizational structure, silent reading, and skill development.