Supervisor Drug & Alcohol Awareness Course (Non-DOT)

For supervisors who are not required to test by the Department of Transportation (DOT)/Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulations, but are required to perform workplace drug screening by their company policy.

This training course focuses on safety training for managers and supervisors who are responsible for recognizing occupational health and safety risks in the workplace, immediately intervening, investigating accidents, incidents or near misses, and requesting reasonable cause or post-accident drug and alcohol testing of employees where applicable.

After completing this non-dot reasonable suspicion training for supervisors course, the learner will have the knowledge and skills required to:

• Explain how and why workplace drug and alcohol testing is performed 
• Describe the different types of workplace drug and alcohol testing 
• List the drugs that are included in workplace drug and alcohol testing 
• Describe the supervisor’s role in workplace drug and alcohol testing that ensures a drug-free workplace
• Explain and give examples of how supervisors should fulfill their role in workplace drug and alcohol testing 
• Explain and provide examples of how supervisors should fulfill their role in accommodating medical treatments and self-disclosed addiction
• Conduct a post-accident investigation 
• Recognize when post-accident testing is required 
• Complete required documentation of post-accident testing 
• Explain how enabling behaviour decreases workplace safety and how to avoid it 
• Recognize the signs and symptoms of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the workplace to justify appropriate reasonable cause testing in safety-sensitive positions
• Complete required documentation justifying reasonable cause testing
• Summarize the key points of drug and alcohol testing

Additional Resources:

• CannAmm Occupational Testing Services 
• Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
• Canadian Human Rights – Duty to Accommodate
• Canadian Model for Providing a Safe Workplace – Alcohol and Drug Guidelines and Work Rule