CC-401  Air Force CCO Training Policy

(a)  Contracting Training provides initial and recurring proficiency skills needed by contracting professionals to perform duties in their primary Air Force Specialty Code or civilian job series. Training in contingency contracting skills not normally integrated into peacetime operations is particularly critical to contingency contracting officers and requires special leadership attention. Commanders and supervisors must give priority support to training.

MPCC-401 (a)(i) details a list of mandatory topics to be cover by unit-level training. This training will be used in conjunction with "Contingency Contracting: A Joint Handbook for the 21^st Century," published by the Air Force Logistics Management Agency. In addition to contingency-specific training, MPCC-401(a)(i) requires units to cover some general contracting topics. The general contracting topics may be incorporated into the squadron's routine training program or accomplished as stand-alone courses.