(a) Obligations of sponsors. Each sponsor shall keep adequate records including a summary of the qualifications of each applicant, the basis for evaluation and for selection or rejection of each applicant, the records pertaining to interviews of applicants, the original application for each applicant, information relative to the operation of the apprenticeship program, including but not limited to job assignment, promotion, demotion, layoff, or termination, rates of pay, or other forms of compensation or conditions of work, hours including hours of work and, separately, hours of training provided, and any other records pertinent to a determination of compliance with these regulations, as may be required by the Department. The records pertaining to individual applicants, selected or rejected, shall be maintained in such manner as to permit identification of minority and female (minority and nonminority) participants.
(b) Affirmative action plans. Each sponsor must retain a statement of its affirmative action plan required by Sec. 30.4 for the prompt achievement of full and equal opportunity in apprenticeship, including all data and analyses made pursuant to the requirements of Sec. 30.4. Sponsors shall review their affirmative action plans annually and update them where necessary, including the goals and timetables.
(c) Qualification standards. Each sponsor must maintain evidence that its qualification standards have been validated in accordance with the requirements set forth in Sec. 30.5(b).
(d) Records of State Apprenticeship Councils. State Apprenticeship Councils shall keep adequate records, including registration requirements, individual program standards and registration records, program compliance reviews and investigations, and any other records pertinent to a determination of compliance with this part, as may be required by the Department, and shall report to the Department as may be required by the Department.
(e) Maintenance of records. The records required by this part and any other information relevant to compliance with these regulations shall be maintained for 5 years and made available upon request to the Department or other authorized representative. (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1205-0224) [43 FR 20760, May 12, 1978, as amended at 49 FR 18295, Apr. 30, 1984]