Ohio Alcohol Awareness Training (On-Premise)

Our Educational On-Premise training course is designed for alcohol servers at restaurants, hotels, bars, nightclubs, banquets, private parties & other on-premise alcohol license holders where alcohol is served by the drink.
Educational Course?

Yes, this is a scenario based course

Format

100% Online

Pass Rate

99%

Type

On-Premise

Duration

1-2 Hours

Course Cost

$30

Overview

What's included in this course?

Meet the instructor

—

Wesley Jordan

Sales Manager
Wesley Jordan is a Sales Manager and Business Consultant since 2002. He enjoys teaching all levels and all ages. He looks forward to sharing his love of building meaningful and effective content with all students to develop their marketing abilities.

Ohio makes its training free — and does not make you take it

Is alcohol server training required in Ohio?

No. Ohio does not mandate seller/server training. Employers routinely require it, but the state does not.

What does the state offer instead?

The Ohio Investigative Unit runs the Alcohol Server Knowledge programme, known as ASK, and it is free to permit holders and their employees. It covers the rules governing liquor permits with the emphasis on not over-serving and on keeping alcohol away from anyone underage, and it is delivered through Ohio Learn, which needs an OHID registration.

If ASK is free, why pay for anything?

Availability and depth, mostly. ASK is scheduled around the Investigative Unit's calendar and aimed at permit-holder education; a self-paced commercial course fits around a rota and gives you a certificate to hand a hiring manager the same day. Many Ohio operators use both — the free state programme for the permit-level picture, a server course for the person actually pouring.

Is this course the state programme?

No. ASK belongs to the Ohio Investigative Unit and only it can deliver ASK. This is independent responsible-service training: carding technique, altered and borrowed ID tells, judging impairment from behaviour, and refusing a sale without escalating it. In a state with no mandate, that competence is the entire point of certifying.