Tenn. Code § 5-1-304 : COUNTIES — GENERAL PROVISIONS — COUNTY OFFICIALS CERTIFICATE TRAINING PROGRAM ACT —1-304 - Levels of training - Credit hours - Curricula certification TEXT PDF (a) The county officials certificate training program (COCTP) shall be composed of three (3) levels of training: introductory, intermediate, and advanced. (b) At the successful completion of all three (3) levels, a participant shall have accumulated a minimum of one hundred fifteen (115) credit hours of instruction or related association involvement. (c) Curricula shall be offered for certification for the following county offices: county mayor, county legislative body member, county clerk, chief administrative officer of the county highway department, register of deeds, trustee, assessor of property, state court clerks and sheriff. T.C.A. § 5-1-304 Acts 1989, ch. 303, § 4; 2003, ch. 90, § 2.