Alcohol & Drugs at Work: Fit for the Job
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Understand the law and your policy, recognise when someone may be unfit for work, act safely and fairly, and support people who want help.
- Assign to
- Everyone, with a section for supervisors
- Duration
- 32 minutes
- Evidence
- 12-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Describe the main laws and what a workplace policy covers.
- Notice signs someone may be unfit, including from medication.
- Remove someone from safety-critical work and follow the policy fairly.
- Respond helpfully if someone says they have a problem.
The course
- 01The law and your policy
- 02Recognising it
- 03Acting safely
- 04Support
The decision they practise
In the main activity, “Rewrite Nisha’s morning”, learners rewrite a realistic document line by line and see the effect of each choice. In “Tuesday’s chat”, a face-to-face conversation, learners practise what to say and do when the other person pushes back. The wrong options are things a well-meaning person might genuinely say, and the feedback explains why each one is tempting. Short animations show “The morning after” and “Two versions of Monday”.
How you know they finished
The 12-question quiz mixes multiple choice, matching and sequencing questions and returns to the opening story.
Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
- Road Traffic Act 1988
- UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 12-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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