638.503—Vocational training.
(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.