This document provides a technical model of the preemployment skills area of the Youth Employment Competency System that service delivery areas (SDAs) are required to operate under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). The model is intended as a program development aid to SDA staff and JTPA service providers. Section I deals primarily with the technical matter of the competencies systems. It includes descriptions of each competency area, the methods of certification and documentation for each individual indicator, forms and formats for collecting and managing information generated in the process of teaching, and other information melding the technical matter with program design. Section II, the curriculum guide, suggests activities and curriculum for each of the specific competencies. Specific competencies are provided in four areas: career decision making (self-assessment, career awareness, labor market information, career choice), life/work management (managing personal responsibility, problem solving/coping), job getting (job seeking, resumes and applications, contact skills, interviewing), and work maturity (dependability/reliability, communication skills, personal relations, initiative/productivity, worker rights). A list of sample activities for each specific competency is followed by sample activity sheets. (YLB)