The US DOT’s Office of Drug & Alcohol Policy & Compliance website is an excellent place to start.
Where can I get basic information about the DOT drug and alcohol testing program?
by wpengine | Feb 5, 2018
by wpengine | Feb 5, 2018
The US DOT’s Office of Drug & Alcohol Policy & Compliance website is an excellent place to start.
Intoximeters offers complete technical and maintenance training to our law enforcement customers at our headquarters in St. Louis. You must be a law enforcement officer working for the agency who owns the equipment to qualify for this training.
Maintenance courses are offered once or twice per year at our St. Louis corporate offices.
Intoximeters law enforcement Instructor Course is a 4-hour session that includes Operator/Calibration training plus discussions of common errors/misconceptions, Void and/or Status Codes, and how to monitor trainees to insure the best possible outcome. Electronic resources will be provided and instructor candidates will have an opportunity to practice presenting a section of the course.
You must be a law enforcement officer working for the agency who owns the equipment to qualify for this training.
Law Enforcement Instructor courses are offered both at our St. Louis training facility and in select regional locations.
Please e-mail the Training Department for additional information.
You must be a law enforcement officer working for the agency who owns the equipment to qualify for this training. This is a 3-hour course that includes basic operation, explanations of instrument displays and functions, and hands-on practice.
The class covers automatic sampling, insufficient breath, manual sampling and mouth alcohol effects. Additional discussions of calibration theory and the procedures for accuracy checks and calibrations will also be presented.
Law Enforcement Operator courses are offered both at our St. Louis training facility and in select regional locations. Scroll down to select your class.
Please e-mail the Training Department for additional information.
Urine Drug Screen Collector and Instructor Training (1 day classroom)
This course trains the student as a Collector and provides materials & guidance for use in training other collectors. A certificate will be issued to successful participants.
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This course includes an online self-study module to be completed prior to the classroom session. Topics include qualification requirements for collectors, trainers, and monitors, important definitions, collection site facility requirements, the new Custody and Control Form, steps in the collection process, and obstacles to completing a collection. A Mastery Test at the end must be passed to obtain a proof of completion.
Classroom activities include detailed review of procedures before each mock test (5 in all). The course also includes discussions of instructor resources, monitoring student mock tests and available online materials. An Instructor manual and materials are provided for use in training collectors in your own company.
Questions? Contact the Training Department
The online UDS Collector course (course #110) is an interactive web course designed to train individuals to conduct urine drug screen collections under the 49 CFR Part 40 (DOT) regulations. The course includes:
Breath Alcohol Technician Instructor Training
PLEASE NOTE: This course covers only the Alcomonitor CC; Alco-Sensor IV with Memory; and Alco-Sensor IV @Work instruments.
This BAT training class includes 1-day self study and three days in-classroom training and certifies students as Breath Alcohol Technicians (BATs) according to 49 CFR Part 40 regulations and as Breath Alcohol Technician (BAT) Instructors and Calibration Technician Instructors on a single Intoximeters EBT device. Please note that certification on more than one instrument will incur additional charges.
Note: This course is an advanced class over and above DOT BAT training requirements for instructors. Successful completion of the Instructor Course authorizes the individual as a Calibration Technician and to train Factory Authorized Calibration Technicians. Calibration Trainer Agreement expires every 12 months. Recertification requirements are at the discretion of Intoximeters.
PLEASE NOTE: This course covers only the Alcomonitor CC; Alco-Sensor IV with Memory; and Alco-Sensor IV @Work instruments.
This self study and one day in-classroom course certifies students as Breath Alcohol Technicians according to 49 CFR Part 40 regulations published by the U.S. Department of Transportation. This is Intoximeters’ standard method of training BATs and is appropriate for customers conducting DOT alcohol tests AND non-DOT testing.
Upon successful completion of the required minimum seven tests and a written quiz, students will receive certification as Breath Alcohol Technicians. Please note that, effective in June, 2015, Calibration Technician Training has been incorporated into our Instructor class and is no longer offered as part of this basic BAT course.
Breath Alcohol Technician Training
PLEASE NOTE: This course is available only to RBT IV and RBT VXL users.
This self study and half day in-classroom course certifies students as Breath Alcohol Technicians according to 49 CFR Part 40 regulations published by the U.S. Department of Transportation. This is Intoximeters??? standard method of training BATs and is appropriate for customers conducting DOT alcohol tests AND non-DOT testing.
Upon successful completion of the required minimum seven tests and a written quiz, students will receive certification as Breath Alcohol Technicians. Please note that, effective in June, 2015, Calibration Technician Training has been incorporated into our Instructor class and is no longer offered as part of the basic BAT course.
Once the student has successfully completed the online self-study components then a time will be scheduled for an Intoximeters Corporate Trainer to monitor the student performing 7 error-free mock alcohol collections to complete the Instrument Proficiency component of the BAT training. For this portion of the class you must have a working EBT instrument with printer and a valid (not expired) dry gas tank.
Breath Alcohol Technician Instructor Training
PLEASE NOTE: This course covers only the RBT IV and the RBT VXL instruments.
This course includes 1 day self-study and 2 days of classroom instruction. The course has been shortened by 1 day for certain of our instruments since the introduction of our new on-line EBT Proficiency training program. Please note that certification on more than one instrument will incur additional charges and one additional day of training.
Note: This course is an advanced class over and above DOT’s requirements for BAT instructors. Successful completion of the Instructor Course authorizes the individual as a Calibration Technician and to train Factory Authorized Calibration Technicians. Calibration Trainer Agreement expires every 12 months. Recertification requirements are at the discretion of Intoximeters.