A professional who directs and coordinates sheltered workshop activities of nonprofit organization to train or improve vocational skills of handicapped individuals for gainful employment through productive work. Responsibilities include:

• Reviews evaluation made on individual to ascertain type of work recommended and limitations due to specific handicap.
• Assigns individual to specific tasks, such as cleaning, sorting, assembling, or repairing products or components, and demonstrates methods and procedures for performing work.
• Observes worker to ensure that work is performed according to prescribed methods and meets established standards.
• Explains and redemonstrates tasks to resolve work related problems or difficulties.
• Assigns individual to simpler tasks when worker cannot perform assigned duties.
• Evaluates individual's work performance and makes reassignments to different tasks within shop to improve vocational skills.
• Endeavors to place individual in gainful employment after acquisition of marketable skills.
• May train handicapped individuals under contract with state agency.
• May pay workers under contract and license of state agency or by piecework according to contract.
• May solicit industrial establishment for subcontract work on products or components and be designated Executive Director, Contract Shop.