Training Toolkits

Training Courses for Drug Free Workplaces

A key component to a successful drug-free workplace program is the training and education of supervisors and employees. The National Drug-Free Workplace Alliance provides online, web-based Supervisor (U.S. Department of Transportation-DOT compliant) training, employee education, and parent education courses. Our training courses are available through National Drug-Free Workplace Alliance membership or by purchasing a training pass.

Training for Supervisors or Employees

The National Drug-Free Workplace Alliance proudly offers online drug-free workplace training courses for employees, supervisors and parents. The course format is:

  • Easily accessible by any computer with internet access
  • Available 24/7
  • Self-paced and flexible
  • The supervisor course is 2 hours and the employee course is 1 hour
  • End-of-course test – 70% or better produces a certificate
  • Supervisor course is DOT compliant
  • Printable/savable certificate of completion

NDWA Supervisor (DOT Compliant) Reasonable Suspicion Drug and Alcohol Training

$30 to register

This course informs supervisors of the components and function of drug-free workplace programs (DFWP) and the impacts to individuals. Participants will become familiar with the impacts that the abuse and misuse of drugs and alcohol has on businesses, the components of a DFWP, its benefits and key issues. Users will learn about authorization of such programs in the U.S., testing situations, and issues impacting DFWP. Course trainees will become familiar with the skills and knowledge needed for a supervisory role including the physical signs and symptoms and performance indicators of drug and alcohol use or misuse.  Additionally, they will understand how to document a reasonable suspicion of drug and alcohol use in the workplace.  Perhaps most importantly, learners will become familiar with the impacts of alcohol and drug use on individuals, including the how they affect the body, health risks, signs and symptoms of use, types of alcohol and drugs, impacts to the workplace, and how to get help. This training meets the DOT requirements for the 2-hour signs and symptoms of drug and alcohol abuse/reasonable suspicion course.

Employee Drug-free Workplace Training Pass

$30 to register

The employee training course familiarizes employees with a drug-free workplace program (DFWP) and the impacts of substance use and misuse in the U.S. and the workplace.  Participants will understand the authority for a DFWP, learn about the benefits, the circumstances of drug and alcohol testing, and employee rights and responsibilities. Learners will also become familiar with the impacts of alcohol and drug use on individuals, including the how they affect the body, health risks, signs and symptoms of use, types of alcohol and drugs, impacts to the workplace, and how to get help. This course meets the 1-hour employee training requirement for most states’ workers’ compensation insurance discount programs.

Additional Training Courses

We also prepare a number of additional training resources made available to the public through our Foundation. These training courses cover a variety of topics focused around individual family well-being, parenthood, and more. Check out what’s available currently below!

Reducing Marijuana Use During Pregnancy and Post-Partum

FREE to register!

This course reviews the history and evolution of the cannabis plant and modern policy trends. It will also help to identify new trends in use, potency, products and marketing practice that make women vulnerable to marijuana use. The course will empower participants to discuss the endocannabinoid system and the relationship between marijuana and the impact on the female body and mind. Finally, we’ll review current research pertaining to addiction and parenting, as well as discover effective new ways to communicate safety and deterrence.

Use code DFAF_FL-MJ23 to register.

Bonus Course: Parent Awareness Module “Keeping Your Kids Drug Free”

FREE to register!

This short parent course, Communication: The Key to Keeping Your Kids Drug Free, is included as an added bonus for employees and supervisors who are also parents. This course provides extra support to working parents that often have nowhere to turn in times of family distress.  It addresses challenges that parents face in society such as how the drug scene has changed, the influences to societal change, and gives encouraging news about drug use reduction among teens. Parents will also learn how to connect with and influence children. Finally, parents will get helpful tips to proactively address substance use prevention through enhanced communication, setting house rules, and what to do when rules are broken. This is an optional module included at no charge with the above courses.

Please contact the DFAF team if you have questions regarding this course.