Record Keeping

• Under the State Records Act 2000, all Public Sector employees and contractors including all school staff, have a recordkeeping responsibility.
• It is a requirement that all departmental employees complete the recordkeeping awareness course every 2^nd
• Records that you create in the course of performing duties for the Department are owned by the Department.
• Significant records must be captured in to the Departments official recordkeeping system.
• These records are either hard copy or electronic (word/spread sheet documents, emails, digital images etc.) and are evidence of a business transaction.
• Staff should ensure meaningful titles are used when creating or capturing electronic records.
• Staff cannot delete or destroy records without following the appropriate procedure and gaining the correct approval.
• You cannot take records with you when you leave the Department.

IKON/Professional learning- Record Keeping Awareness Training