Discusses the history of occupational analysis, its decline as a teaching tool, and the increased complexity of commercial materials used for occupational analysis. (JOW)

Task lists created by private companies, consortia, state departments, and universities have caused difficulty for occupational instructors. A careful analysis of task structure shows a continuous hierarchy in cumulative learning, wherein each task becomes part of a whole. A task charting system can improve the efficiency of instruction. (SK)

Trade and industrial educators were pioneers in the development and practice of occupational analysis as utilized in curriculum development and improvement. In the 1940s, Verne C. Fryklund refined the existing system of occupational analysis and introduced it into public school industrial arts educational programs. The basic concept of Fryklund's…

Traditionally, trade and industrial education teachers performed their own job analyses in order to develop a curriculum and teach their classes. Eventually, processes were created for such analyses. One that had a great influence in educational circles was the job analysis system of Fryklund. However, since Fryklund's time, occupational analysis…