Delaware Bartender Alcohol Awareness Training

Delaware alcohol awareness training ensures that alcohol service remains fun and rewarding, but also a job that is to be taken seriously. When alcohol is involved, people -- and situations -- can sometimes get out of control.

Therefore, a bartender, or alcohol seller-server, needs to be prepared for difficult people and situations and be aware of their own liability and the need to protect themselves professionally and personally. That's why alcohol awareness training is necessary.

Benefits of Alcohol Awareness Training

Educates bartenders and servers about responsible alcohol consumption and offer strategies for protecting guests, employers, and themselves.
Details the physiological effects of alcohol and offer important information about legal liability.
Helps further a career as a professional bartender or alcohol server.
May be required by a state or municipality to sell or serve alcohol.
May be required for employment by an establishment: bar, restaurant, hotel, tavern, night club, banquet hall, liquor store, grocery store, convenience store and/or gas station.
Educates owners, managers and staff on liability, state laws, and local ordinances regarding alcohol service.

Legal Protection
It has become increasingly necessary for servers of alcohol to protect themselves legally. Due to draw-shop liability laws, servers themselves can be held responsible for any harm that intoxicated or underage guests perpetrate on themselves or others. So, it is important for alcohol servers to be aware of their liability and to protect themselves.

Server’s Responsibility
When a person accepts a license to serve and sell alcohol they accept a public trust that they will serve and sell alcohol in a responsible manner. Some states have legislated Dram Shop Laws. Delaware does not currently have Dram Shop, but it does have Civil/Tort Statues that may hold the server responsible. Servers must realize that failing to uphold their responsibility to abide by the laws and rules of the State of Delaware may not be just a matter of a criminal court hearing and a fine. It could escalate into a serious civil hearing with the possible repercussions of a judgment with substantial punitive damages.

Delaware Alcohol Awareness Training Info

Alcohol Server Awareness Training
State Contact Info
State Regulations

Delaware Alcohol Awareness Training Course

Course Description
The alcohol seller-server awareness training course educates a student with the necessary knowledge of the proven techniques needed to be a responsible server of alcohol, the laws regarding alcohol service, and to provide a safe environment for customers. Specifically, you will learn to:

Understand the physiological effects of alcohol;
Use behavioral cues to assess intoxication levels in guests;
How to refuse a sale to an intoxicated guest;
How to prevent and deal with disturbances;
How to accurately check IDs and recognize minors;
Understand your liability and how to protect yourself and your establishment; and
How to prevent second-party sales.

Audience: Employees in establishments that sell and serve alcohol in bars, restaurants, hotels, taverns, night clubs, concessions, banquet halls: bartenders, bar backs, servers and managers.

Credit Hours: 3 hrs

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 2: How Alcohol Affects the Body
Lesson 3: Recognizing Intoxicated Customers
Lesson 4: Preventing Disturbances
Lesson 5: Minors and Liability
Lesson 6: Second-Party Sales
Lesson 7: How to Refuse a Sale
Lesson 8: State Laws

End of Course Test & Certificate
At the conclusion of the training, the learner will be tested on their knowledge of the learning objectives and content. Upon successfully passing the exam with a minimum of 70%, the learner will be able to download a training course certificate.

Delaware Alcohol Regulatory Agency

The Delaware Division of Alcohol & Tobacco Enforcement is responsible for the enforcement of Title 4 (Delaware Liquor Control Act) and the Alcoholic Beverage Commissioner’s Rules, which apply to all retailers, suppliers, and wholesalers who are licensed to manufacture, sell, serve, transport, or store liquor in the State of Delaware.
Source: http://date.delaware.gov/ATE/index.shtml

Delaware Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement (DATE)
Dover 34 Starlifter Avenue
Dover, DE 19901
Phone: (302) 741-2721
Web: http://date.delaware.gov/

Delaware - Alcoholic Beverage Statutes, Rules and Regulations

Delaware Alcoholic Beverage Laws, Rules, & Regulations
Delaware - Title 4 Alcohol Beverage Control - Liquor Control Act
Delaware - Trained Alcohol Beverage Server Program Booklet (PDF)