How are training and qualification records maintained and who oversees them?

• A. By the Safety Office and the division heads.
• B. By the Compliance Office and external auditors.
• C. By the division/department heads who ensure accuracy and currency.
• D. By the Training Officer and the division/department heads who ensure accuracy and currency.

Answer: (D)

Training and qualification records must be kept current and accurate to verify a person’s readiness and compliance with required training. The Training Officer is responsible for administering the training program and maintaining the centralized records, ensuring that every training event, test result, qualification, and currency date is properly documented. Division or department heads oversee their personnel’s records, confirming accuracy and currency for their staff and signing off or validating updates after training events. This arrangement ensures standardized record-keeping across the unit and prompt updates when someone completes training, earns a qualification, or their currency expires. Other offices such as Safety or Compliance may provide safety oversight or audits, but they do not handle the day-to-day maintenance of training records; external auditors are not responsible for ongoing recordkeeping.