Florida Alcohol Responsible Vendor Training (On-Premise)

Not for you as an individual. Florida's Responsible Vendor Act is something a licensee elects into with the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco. Once a vendor is qualified, though, the obligation lands on staff: each non-managerial employee hired to serve alcoholic beverages must complete the employee training course within 30 days of starting.

Protection that matters. Under the Act, a qualified responsible vendor's licence may not be suspended or revoked because an employee illegally sold or served alcohol to someone under 21 — provided that employee had already completed the prescribed training before the violation happened. Training after the fact does not save the licence. That is the whole reason your general manager wants your certificate on file in week one, not week six.

The statute is specific: the laws governing alcoholic beverage service, the effects of alcohol and controlled substances on the body and behaviour, the effects of alcohol combined with commonly used drugs, methods for recognising and handling underage customers, and methods for dealing with customers and employees who use or traffic in illegal drugs.

No. Qualification is a filing the licensee makes with the Division, and the Division decides which programmes count toward it. Certification Experts is not a Florida-approved responsible-vendor trainer. Take this course to arrive competent and to keep your own skills current; ask your manager which programme the venue files under.