Drug And Alcohol Safety Training

Importance of Drug and Alcohol Safety Training in the Workplace

Drug and alcohol misuse leads to accidents, injuries, absenteeism and lost productivity, and in safety-sensitive jobs one impaired employee can put everyone around them at risk. Effective training helps employees understand substance use disorders and where to get help, and gives supervisors the confidence to act when they see warning signs. Our Drug and Alcohol Use Disorders for Employees training video discusses commonly misused substances, how substance use disorders develop and how they affect people at work, while the version for managers and supervisors covers how these disorders affect a workplace and how leaders should respond.

Both videos come in versions for specific workplaces, including construction, industrial, healthcare, office and transportation and warehouse settings. DOT-regulated employers have additional obligations: FMCSA requires supervisors of CDL drivers to complete reasonable suspicion training on both alcohol and controlled substances. DOT Reasonable Suspicion Testing Part I, Part II and the overview course are built for supervisors, and DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing for CDL Drivers explains the testing program to drivers. See our DOT and transportation safety training for more driver compliance training videos.

The DOT courses, the general courses and the construction versions are available in English and Spanish, and the other industry versions in English. Assign them through Unlimited Interactive Online Training to document supervisor training, use Classroom / Trainer Delivery for group sessions, or order training DVDs and USBs.