The following account of what is happening—and how it is being caused to happen—in the planning and development of the vocational education and guidance program of Rockland County, New York, will be of interest not only to those who are concerned with other county‐wide programs already established or in contemplation, but to all students of guidance administration and practice. Here is an experiment and a demonstration in which survey techniques are a continuous and integral part of the actual process of program building, not merely a means of gathering information for later use in such a program. The survey task and its outcomes thus far are described by two participants: Mr. Miller, the County Director of Guidance, and Dr. Gooch, field representative of the National Occupational Confe