Georgia Alcohol Awareness Training (On-Premise)

Eighteen, for on-premises work. O.C.G.A. section 3-3-24 stops an employer from allowing or requiring anyone under 18 to dispense, serve, sell or take orders for alcoholic beverages. Between 18 and 21 you may pour, take orders and handle alcohol as part of your job at a licensed establishment — you simply cannot drink it.

Yes, and it catches a lot of first jobs. A person under 18 may sell or handle alcoholic beverages sold for consumption off the premises when working in a supermarket, convenience store, brewery or drugstore. Ring up a six-pack at 17 in a grocery lane: allowed. Carry a beer to a table at 17: not allowed.

No. There is no statewide server permit or state-mandated training course. What trips people up is the local layer — a number of Georgia cities and counties run their own pouring-permit schemes with their own applications, fees and background checks, and a permit from one jurisdiction does not travel to the next. Ask the city or county where the venue sits before your first shift, not after.

Because Georgia sets no state training standard, employers set their own, and most want documented responsible-service training on file for insurance and dram-shop reasons. This course covers ID inspection, the behavioural signs of impairment, over-service, and how to refuse a sale without escalating it. It is not a local pouring permit and does not replace one.