(a) Each center shall provide enrollees with competency-based or
individualized training in an area which will best contribute to the
student's opportunities for permanent long-term employment. Specific
vocational training programs offered at individual centers will be
subject to the approval of the Job Corps Director in accordance with
policies issued by the Job Corps Director.
(b) The Job Corps Director may determine that it is appropriate to
contract for vocational training programs at specific centers with
national business, union, or union-affiliated organizations in order to
facilitate entry of students into the workforce. All agreements with
these national training contractors will be contracted at the national
level in accordance with policies issued by the Job Corps Director; the
Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR chapter 1); the DOL Acquisition
Regulation (48 CFR chapter 29); and, if CCCs, interagency agreements.