Overview
When it comes to compliance risks, you can’t afford not to train your staff. All compliance training topics will help protect your business, and many are required by law. Whether it’s alcohol, tobacco, or food safety, mitigate your risk by providing your employees with trackable training and certifications.
Sample Compliance Training: Responsible Tobacco Sales
Responsible Alcohol Sales and Service
Knowing how to safely sell and serve alcohol is a critical skill for those in the food and beverage industry. Failure to provide responsible service can result in fines, loss of license, and ultimately the closure of your business. Businesses that sell or serve alcohol must comply with federal, state, and local compliance guidelines. When your compliance training program includes courses on responsible alcohol sales and service, you’ll minimize the risk of alcohol-related problems that occur for your customers, your staff, and your business.
Responsible Alcohol Sales for Off-Premise Sellers
Convenience stores and other businesses that sell alcohol have a legal obligation to do so responsibly. Staff training is a critical component of any alcohol sales program. Our Responsible Alcohol Sales for Off-Premise Sellers online training program includes real-world scenarios that show employees how to implement what they learn. Employees complete quizzes throughout the training to reinforce the learning. At the end of the training, employees who pass the final exam receive a printable certificate.
Responsible Alcohol Sales and Service
The consequences of selling alcohol illegally can be devastating for business owners, employees, and customers. Our Responsible Alcohol Sales and Service training is for employees at both on-premise and off-premise businesses. It covers how alcohol impacts the body and BAC levels; identifying and refusing sales to minors, intoxicated customers, and third parties; recognizing and effectively checking legal forms of identification; maintaining a daily incident log book; and possible civil or criminal liability involved in alcohol sales. This version of the training teaches employees to card all customers, regardless of what age they appear to be. Employees learn that they too can be held liable for accidents, property damage, and deaths resulting from illegal sales of alcohol in your store.
California Responsible Beverage Service Training
If your business is an on-premise seller of alcohol in California, state law requires that your alcohol servers and their managers complete a state-approved Responsible Beverage Service course and pass the state exam. Ready Training Online offers the California Responsible Beverage Service training your team needs to understand the material and pass the California Alcohol Server Certification exam. After passing the exam, trainees will earn their California Alcohol Server Certification, which is valid for three years.
Florida Alcohol Responsible Vendor Program
The Florida Alcohol Responsible Vendor Program is a responsible alcohol sales training course for businesses that sell alcohol for off-premise consumption. This program follows the training guidelines established by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco. In this module, employees will learn their responsibility to follow the law when selling alcohol, including how to check ID and how to refuse sales when necessary. They will also learn how alcohol effects the body and some signs of intoxication.
Maine Responsible Alcohol Sales
RTO®’s Maine Responsible Alcohol Sales online course is approved by the Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations (BABLO). Employees who successfully complete this training will be awarded a certificate of completion that is good for three years. This module covers the laws regarding alcohol sales, how to check IDs, including spotting fake IDs, and how to identify and handle suspicious behavior during alcohol sales.
Michigan Off-Premise Alcohol Sales
As a seller of alcohol in Michigan, you must follow laws specific to your state. This compliance training course covers the Michigan laws relating to the sale of alcohol for off-premise consumption. Employees will learn and understand their responsibilities in preventing the sale of alcohol to underage or visibly intoxicated persons. They will also learn proper ID checking techniques, including the difference between a minor driver’s license and an adult driver’s license, and how to identify and handle suspicious behavior.
New York ATAP Off-Premise Sales
Our NYSLA-approved training details the laws and procedures for selling alcohol in the state of New York. As a seller of alcohol, you must follow the law to keep alcohol out of the hands of minors and intoxicated persons. This course covers the laws specific to New York state relating to the sale of alcohol for off-premise consumption. Employees will also learn how to check IDs, including spotting fake IDs, and how to identify and handle suspicious behavior during alcohol sales.
Oklahoma Responsible Sales and Service
Our ABLE approved alcohol sales training course covers the information required by the Oklahoma ABLE commission as well as general information about responsible alcohol sales and service. Employees will also learn about how the laws of Oklahoma apply to the servers and sellers of alcohol who can be charged criminally and held liable civilly if they don’t follow responsible alcohol selling laws.
Pennsylvania RAMP Server/Seller Training
Approved by the PLCB, this training is intended specifically for businesses that have a liquor license in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and is designed to prevent sales or service of alcohol to visibly intoxicated patrons or minors under the age of 21. Successful completion of the program and a passing exam score of 80% or higher will merit a certificate valid for two years.
Disclaimer: This website and online training program were not created by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB). However, this course has the approval of the PLCB as a valid curriculum for the Responsible Alcohol Management Program (RAMP) server/seller training and is provided by Ready Training Online (RTO®).
South Dakota Responsible Alcohol Sales
As a seller of alcohol, you must follow the law to keep alcohol out of the hands of minors and intoxicated persons. This responsible alcohol sales training is approved by the state of South Dakota and outlines the state-specific laws relating to the sale of alcohol for off-premise consumption. Employees will learn how to check IDs, including spotting fake IDs, and how to identify and handle suspicious behavior during alcohol sales. Certification is valid for four years.
Tennessee Responsible Vendor Program
Our Tennessee Responsible Vendor certification program is approved by the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) and meets state training requirements. Participants are required to take an annual refresher.
Texas TABC Certification
This course has been reviewed and approved by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) and covers the laws specific to Texas relating to the sale and service of alcohol. Employees will learn how to check IDs, including spotting fake IDs, and how to identify and handle suspicious behavior during alcohol sales. Certification is valid for two years. (TABC-approved seller school #636718.)
Utah EASY Off-Premise Alcohol Sales
This state-approved compliance training details guidelines for responsible alcohol sales in the state of Utah. Our Utah EASY alcohol sales training covers the laws specific to Utah relating to the sale of alcohol for off-premise consumption. Employees will learn how to check IDs, including spotting fake IDs, and how to identify and handle suspicious behavior during alcohol sales. Certification is valid for five years.
Vermont Alcohol & Tobacco Off-Premise Seller
This course is approved by the Vermont Department of Liquor Control’s Education Division and covers the laws relating to the sale of alcohol in the state of Vermont. Employees will learn and understand their responsibilities in preventing the sale of alcohol to underage or visibly intoxicated persons. They will also learn proper ID checking techniques, and how to identify and handle suspicious behavior. Certification is valid for two years.
Vermont Alcohol & Tobacco Off-Premise Seller
This course is approved by the Vermont Department of Liquor Control’s Education Division and covers the laws relating to the sale of alcohol in the state of Vermont. Employees will learn and understand their responsibilities in preventing the sale of alcohol to underage or visibly intoxicated persons. They will also learn proper ID checking techniques, and how to identify and handle suspicious behavior. Certification is valid for two years.
Vermont Alcohol & Tobacco On-Premise Server
This course is approved by the Vermont Department of Liquor Control’s Education Division and covers the laws specific to Vermont relating to the service of alcohol. Employees will learn and understand their responsibilities in preventing the sale and service of alcohol to underage or visibly intoxicated persons; they will also learn proper ID checking techniques, and how to identify and handle suspicious behavior. Certification is valid for two years.
Food Service Compliance Training
When a foodborne illness outbreak starts at a business, the liability and potential losses can be devastating. There is good news, though: almost all incidents of foodborne illness can be prevented when proper food safety techniques are followed. Food Handler Compliance training helps ensure that your employees understand the many different ways they can help prevent a foodborne illness outbreak in your business.
Food Handler
There is no greater threat to a food service establishment than the risks created from improper food handling. With our American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited training course, you and your staff can be better prepared to recognize, evaluate, and remedy numerous different critical hazards such as cross-contamination, time and temperature control, cleaning and sanitizing, personal hygiene, and more.
Texas Food Handler
Our online food handler training for Texas is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). With this important compliance course, you and your staff will be better prepared to recognize, evaluate, and remedy numerous different critical hazards such as cross-contamination, time and temperature control, cleaning and sanitizing, personal hygiene, and more.
Responsible Tobacco Sales
Every state has laws restricting the sale of tobacco products to minors. Breaking those laws, or failing to train your employees to comply with them, could mean the end of your business. Selling tobacco against state regulation can be punishable by big fines and criminal prosecution, depending on the state. That’s why compliance training on responsible tobacco sales is so important.
Responsible Tobacco Sales
Our Responsible Tobacco Sales compliance training course is a great first step in providing your employees with the fundamental understanding of their responsibility in keeping tobacco out of the hands of minors. This training details the responsibilities your employees have in complying with federal and state tobacco regulations. Your employees will learn the importance of their role in preventing the sale of tobacco products to minors. They will receive a certification of completion when they successfully pass the course exam.
Florida Responsible Tobacco and Nicotine Sales
As a tobacco and nicotine retailer in Florida, your employees have a responsibility to fully understand and comply with federal and state tobacco and nicotine regulations. This Florida Responsible Tobacco and Nicotine Sales course teaches employees tobacco and nicotine-related laws and sales techniques that will prevent sales to underaged consumers. Employees will learn the different products that are classified as tobacco and nicotine, when to request identification, how to refuse sales, and the consequences of selling tobacco and nicotine illegally.
New York Responsible Tobacco Sales
As a tobacco retailer in New York state, your employees have a responsibility to fully understand and comply with federal and state tobacco regulations. This compliance training course covers New York state tobacco-related laws, how to sell tobacco products, and the consequences for breaking any regulations. Employees are tested on their ability to responsibly sell tobacco products and are certified upon completion. Certification must be renewed after three years.
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