Posted By Terry Smyth I would be grateful for my learned colleagues comments on how long "Training Records" should be kept by an employer. The training records pertain to airport fire service senior officer's. The official retiring age for this grade of employment is 60 years of age. However, some retire and carry on their careers as retained firefighters, within their local fire authority, possibly up to the age of 65 (as part of the old retained contract scheme). There is a possibility of some who may opt to retire at a younger age and yet continue with retained duties. Questions: 1. If a retired airport fire officer on retained employment, has an injury at an aircraft accident within his retained stations fire ground, would his airport firefighting training be admissible evidence on behalf of himself, or current employer? 2. Bearing in mind the nature of the similarity of the two occupations, which may involve working within chemical, biological and radiological environments, whether in an normal occupational environment and one of an emergency, exposure limits must be recorded and maintained. To what duration after leaving employment as a fire fighter? I must add, that in proportion to the firefighters on this station their is a significant history of cancer related illnesses, amongst the older and past members of the service, possibly due to a radar scanner being located behind the station rest room. All relevant comments would be very welcome! Regards Terry

Posted By Fred Pratley From what you indicate and given the ability to transfer the training records to paperless systems, I would keep them for as long as possible. Medical records for asbestos workers have to be kept for 40 years I believe, so I would use this as my yardstick. If any other employer of your former employees wants this info, then just levy a reasonable admin charge to retrieve them, once you have individual's permission. Hope this helps