Collating and Packet Assembly Work Task Box: Office Job Skills, Levels A, B, C, Ages 14 to 21

This collating and packet assembly work task box gives students real office practice: put pages in order, check the count, and finish each packet with a staple, clip, or folder, at three levels.

Why I made this: Collating shows up in almost every office and school job I place students in: welcome packets, meeting folders, sign up forms. It takes reading, sequencing, counting, and checking your own work. Students who like my Office Filing box usually like this job too. The Hold Slip is on purpose, because on a real job, when a page runs out, you set those packets aside and tell someone.

What’s included:

• Level A ●: 12 packet cards with 3 numbered pages each

• Level B ■: 24 packet tickets with 4 or 5 pages in order and a finish

• Level C ▲: 24 work orders with quantities, including 3 empty page bin orders and 3 orders where a coworker’s packet has an extra copy

• 12 page cards to print and collate

• Done and Hold mats, finish cards, a "4 checks" page, and Hold Slips

• 3 practice pages, an answer key with self check codes, a data sheet, and a 10 session accuracy graph

• A try it for real plan with a supervisor check, and blank cards

How I use it: I model the 4 checks out loud (order, count, facing, finish), then students work one level at a time. I record accuracy and prompt level, and when a student is steady at Level C, we take a real packet job from the front office.

Skills covered:

• Sequencing and following a written order

• Counting and checking your own work

• Choosing the right finish (staple, clip, folder)

• Reporting a problem with a Hold Slip

Who it is for: Special education, life skills, transition, and vocational teachers in grades 6 to 12 and 18 to 21 programs.

What you download: WT05 Collating Packet Assembly Work Task Box.pdf (26 pages, US Letter, print ready) plus an editable Word version.

How this is different: Office Filing sorts folders by letter, number, and date. Interoffice Mail sorts envelopes by room and department. This box is about building packets in order and checking them, with Hold Slips for problems. No text is shared with either.

Part of the Vocational Work Task Box series.

Made by Jeremy D. Gooch, special education teacher and transition coordinator. Drafting and layout had AI assistance; every page was checked by me.